Dozens of new airlines have been popping up across Asia to meet the industry’s booming demand, but a string of deadly accidents has raised fresh concerns about safety – from pilot shortages to the quality of budget carriers.

The Department of Foreign Affairs have confirmed that a 23-year-old Derry man was among those killed during yesterday’s plane crash in Thailand.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that at least one Irish person is unaccounted for following yesterday's plane crash in Thailand.

Investigators are today searching through charred remains of a plane that crashed and killed 90 people – mostly foreigners – on Thailand’s resort island of Phuket, while an airline official said wind shear may have doomed the flight.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that at least one Irish person is unaccounted for following yesterday's plane crash in Thailand.

Thai officials said today they have found the two black boxes from a plane full of tourists that crashed in Phuket killing 88 people, reportedly including up to four Irish nationals.