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1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

This Korean News analysis show a longer video of the approach and landing on runway 19 at starting 1:20 i

Strange.   Appears only the right engine is running.  Looks like they tried to do a go around at the last second and didn't have the power for it with only one engine.  

Could they have forgotten both gear and flaps due to the emergency and realized it at the last second? 

7 hours ago, Peabody said:

They cannot tell that it's a rented ticket because it shows up as valid even using the airline software.

It's actually quite easy to tell.  With the rented fake "ticket", you never get a ticket number because no ticket is ever created.  You only get a booking reference.  If you purchase a real ticket, you get a booking reference and a ticket number.

If she showed them a real ticket, I doubt they would be asking for proof of payment. 

23 minutes ago, Elkski said:

So now 2 recent reasons I will not be jealous of first or business class

I'll still be up there in business class for long flights.  All passengers in economy on the Jeju flight died anyway. 

3 minutes ago, Negita43 said:

what on earth is an e-visa (for Thailand) is it replacing the non o retirement extension?

No, not replacing extensions.  Evisa is used if you apply for a new visa outside of Thailand.

5 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

But I wonder where 'in the tail' section of the air-craft they were seated and why they survived while everyone else tragically perished. 

They were cabin crew.  Must have been in the very back behind the passenger seats.

6 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Reverse thrust was in operation on No2 engine.

Impossible.  The aircraft would immediately turn with thrust reverse in a single engine.  Especially with no nose wheel steering.

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

What’s the cause of rampant inflation in the USA?

Too many jobs.  Not enough people who want to work lower and medium paying jobs.

5 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

1 hour ago, Rimmer said:

Runway length is 9186 feet. If they touched down at the 1000-foot marker they touched down late and were very fast and used all of the EMS (Engineered Materials Arresting System) before

 

 

 

Read some where they touched down at 3000

Probably had both engines out due to bird strike and had to do a dead stick landing.  Possibly forgot to deploy landing gear or had multiple failures and no time to complete backup checklists.

Only in Thailand.  They can't even drive toy trains without getting in an accident.

17 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

Yeah, and by the looks of it 179 people have just died.

 

No HNY for them, eh?

And more than 3,000 will die today (and every day) in automobile accidents world wide.  Better spend your time worrying about traffic accidents instead of plane crashes, especially in Thailand.

The address you provide on that form doesn't have to be in the US.  Your address in Thailand should be ok, but confirm that with your agent.  The lease (or other address confirmation) doesn't need your photo on it---just your name and current address in English.  You also need your passport or other official US ID, and that's the required photo ID.

16 hours ago, Jack1988 said:

to me is better to come with a visa first, just not to burn one visa exemption already

You don't get any set number of hassle free visa exemptions to burn.  The longer you have been in Thailand recently, the more likely you are to have trouble entering visa exempt.

42 minutes ago, Foxx said:

 

Simply not true.  For example,

Jan 2000 - US$284
Jan 2010 - US$1078 (more than double)
Jan 2020 - US$1580 (not down)

Correct, I should have said almost every time.

Gold has more than doubled over the last ten years.  Every time its done that before, it's declined over the next 10 years.  The time to buy gold is when no one is worried about inflation.  The time to sell gold is when everyone is worried about inflation.

Since this was historically one easiest most hassle free border bounces, I'm guessing this one night policy will be implemented at every crossing, eventually.  The border bounce may be ending.  Or at least the free border bounce may be ending.

On 12/24/2024 at 5:13 AM, rattlesnake said:

A treaty signed by all countries of the world prevents ordinary citizens from going there.

Actually only 58 countries.  Less than 30% of all the countries in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System

10 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Antartica (bar small enclave granted to the plebs) inaccessible due to Antarctic Treaty. If you wish to refute, kindly articulate rationally and refrain from posting laughing or confused emojis.

You don't need to go to Antartica to see 24 hr sun.  The sun is up 24hr a day for more than a month in Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, and the US.  Including many cities with commercial flights.  I've seen it in Tromso Norway.

This article loses all credibility when they are using terms like "extreme cold" and "froze" to describe a day when the temperature ranged between 18 - 8 degrees C.  

That's not much colder than my bedroom at night with the AC on.

8 hours ago, BarBoy said:

and Thailand just keeps letting these invaders and cold blooded murderers in, visa free...

 

have they no shame at all??

I don't think the typical Russian draft dodger living in Thailand has anything to do with this.

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Google " Bolivar Maru"

 

Any ship can break in half if it is overloaded and gets hit by a large wave, especially if it is quite old, and poorly maintained.

 

Since welding replaced riveting due to the faster speed of construction, there have been some hull failures due to poor quality control of welds.

These ships exploded.......A broken weld doesn't explode.

E-visa is not new at all.  It's been around for many years if you applied for a Thai visa in most western countries.  The only thing new is that Thai consulates in countries neighboring Thailand are finally implementing it.

If you are living in Thailand with ongoing extensions, it will have no impact on you since you never apply for a visa.

Just now, scottiejohn said:

They most certainly can in some circumstances!

Any previous example you can site?  I've never heard of such a thing.