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PHUKET, Thailand - Authorities on Monday found the two flight data recorders from a plane that crashed in stormy weather on the resort island of Phuket, killing 90 people, including 54 foreign tourists.

But authorities said it was too early to say what caused Sunday's crash. Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen said the black boxes would be sent to the United States for analysis.

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Officials have said weather was likely a factor. The budget One- Two-Go Airlines flight was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew members from the capital Bangkok to Phuket when the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 skidded off the runway in driving wind and rain. It then ran through a low retaining wall and split in two.

Survivors described their escape amid chaos, smoke and fire.

"As soon as we hit, everything went dark and everything fell," said Mildred Furlong, ...

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