Ratanakiri Airport is an

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in Ban Lung town in Ratanakiri Province,

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History

In November 2005, there was a minor accident at Ratanakiri Airport when a plane arriving from

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hit the side of the runway and ground looped, which caused the right hand main landing gear to collapse. The Y-7-100C aircraft was operated by PMT Air and leased from

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. There were 59 passengers and 6 crew aboard at the time of the crash, but there were no fatalities. In the wake of this incident, and the more serious crash of PMTair Flight 241 in

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in July, PMT Air ceased regular commercial flights to Ratanakiri. Since then, no commercial flights to Ban Lung are available and only chartered and private flights use the airport.

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* Airports in Cambodia Buildings and structures in Ratanakiri province {{Cambodia-transport-stub