The Cambodian government will continue to allow troubled air carrier Progress Multitrade Co (PMT) to fly domestic and international routes pending the results of an investigation into Monday's crash, a local newspaper reported Thursday.

Him Sarun, cabinet chief at the State Secretariat for Civil Aviation of Cambodia, said his agency could not apportion blame for the crash until an assessment had been made of the airplane's two flight data recorders, the Cambodia Daily reported.

"None of the governments in the region would stop a commercial air carrier after one plane got in an accident," he was quoted as saying.

The crash investigation will be key to future decisions, he added.

Meanwhile, a ticketing agent in PMT's Siem Reap province office said the airline had suspended all domestic routes and was only continuing service to Hanoi and the South Korean city of Busan, the newspaper said.

The U4 241 Flight from PMT flying from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville crashed on a mountain in Kampot province at around 10:50 a.m. on Monday, making the worst air accident in Cambodia in the past decade.

There were no survivors out of the 22 people on board the crashed plane, government spokesman and Information Minister Khieu Kanharith confirmed on Wednesday.

Among the people on board, 16 were tourists, with 13 from South Korea and three from Czech, and the rest were crew members.

Source: Xinhua