A YOUNG Irish woman has described how she and her friends were lucky to escape serious harm when freak weather conditions caused a Thai plane to crash land, injuring passengers and killing the pilot.

THREE Irish women last night told how they climbed through mangled wreckage suffering only cuts and bruises after the plane they were on crashed in Thailand.

Three Irish women tonight told how they climbed through mangled wreckage suffering only cuts and bruises after the plane they were on crashed in Thailand.