Seven tourists are feared to have died after a private plane crashed into a swamp in Thailand on Thursday. According to the local media reports, the passengers had been flying from Bangkok airport to Trat province in the southwest when the plane burst into flames.

The Cessna 208B Grand-Caravan hurtled to the ground in a mangrove forest in Chachoengsao province shortly after 3.30pm. 9 people were onboard the aircraft, the Bangkok Post reported.

The wreckage of the small plane was located in the mud in the forest, with women’s clothes and a photo of three foreign women found at the site. Authorities are continuing to search for the missing pilots and passengers.

Images of the scene show wreckage dispersed around the forest with a large search team surrounding a crater.