Nine bodies pulled from Thai copter wreckage

Smoking ruins: Villagers and soldiers examining the wreckage of the helicopter in the northern Phayao province. — AFP

BANGKOK: Rescue workers have retrieved the bodies of nine soldiers – including a senior regional commander – after an army helicopter crash in northern Thailand, authorities said.

The bodies – some charred – were recovered late Monday several hours after the chopper went down in the northern Phayao province, killing everyone on board.