Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Larisa Fayad, a 31-year-old Canadian woman, was among the 88 people killed in a plane crash on the southern Thai resort island of Phuket last Sunday.
The budget One-Two-Go Airlines flight was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew from Bangkok to Phuket when it skidded off a runway while landing in driving wind and rain.
The plane caught fire, engulfing some passengers, while others managed to kick out windows and escape.
Fayad's father, Foued, told 愛污传媒 last Monday that he had learned that his daughter was aboard the flight. He said his other daughter's husband saw Larisa's name on a passenger manifest list.
However, Foreign Affairs was not able to identify Fayad's body until Friday morning, following an investigation.
Fayad, of Vancouver, had been touring the Philippines with a dance company -- working as a theatre stage manager and a production manager. She was then planning to go on vacation in Thailand.
Another Canadian, Mildred Furlong, of Prince George, B.C., managed to survive the ordeal.
Furlong said the pilot missed the landing, shot back up, and then the plane fell really quickly into the ground.
After landing, Furlong said she looked up and saw flames coming towards her. Fortunately, a passenger in the seat behind Furlong kicked open a door or window, allowing some to escape.
"Any longer in there and none of us would have made it out," Furlong told 愛污传媒. "It feels like a miracle."
With files from The Canadian Press
