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I'm an experienced pilot. A stall appears most unlikely. The plane was in the cruise, so would have been well above the stall speed. The weather was also apparently good, so no weather factors, e.g. turbulence. Even if it did stall, the pilot was very experienced so it's difficult to imagine that a stall couldn't be recovered from 5,000ft. Cessna Caravans are turboprops, so the engine (and the flight management thereof) are very reliable. The plane in the video did not appear to be spinning so any unusual attitude recovery should have been more straightforward than if it was. I, of course, assume that the flight controls were not incapacitated in any way. Even if they were, planes don't naturally fall vertically like a dart - they will naturally pull out of a dive due to increased lift with increased speed even without pilot input. I am waiting for more information from the investigation.

I've just bought a Royal Enfield Classic 500 single in Bangkok. Due to my partner navigating in our pick-up taking the scenic route back, it took 11.5 hours to get back to Roi Et where we live. On the latter parts of the journey we were cruising at 90-95kph. Remarkably, I didn't have aches and pains when I arrived home. Perhaps only my British BMW R1150RT could have done the same thing. If anyone is interested in meeting up in my area for a chat and a ride, PM me.

I've been here for just over a year. I extended my annual retirement visa in Roi Et today - possibly one of the most helpful and friendliest immigration offices in the country. I live happily in the sticks with my partner and our adopted son. I have been known to go fishing, exploring, kayaking, and recently bought a Royal Enfield 500 Classic because the superbikes I had in England are totally unsuitable for Thai roads and driving conditions. The RE is delightful and, coincidentally, I was born in Enfield. BTW, my partner was driving our pick-up back from Bangkok and mistakenly believed I wasn't allowed to use motorways or dual carriageways. She headed north out of Bangkok into the countryside on little roads. After I eventually persuaded her that I was allowed on motorways, we took the most direct route back. We stopped once to refuel, cruised at 90-100kph but it still took 11.5 hours to get back, when the same speeds the previous day in the pick-up using the direct route to Bangkok took 6.5 hours. The most remarkable thing was that I had no aches or pains after all that riding - there's very few bikes that can do that. I'm just south of Roi Et but happy to travel. If anyone wants to meet up for a chat (and bike ride?), PM me.

Hi all, first post here. Treat me gently please! I have a recently-dug large pond on our land in Roi Et province. It's a pleasant irregular shape but is about 73M x 30M at its extremeties, so about 2,000 sq metres. It's 4M deep. I have been advised by the nearby fish farm that we can stock it with giant catfish, carp, ruby fish and giant snakehead. Apparently, he says they will all get on fine if there is sufficient food (I'm happy to buy it and feed them) and space. These fish are just to populate the pond and keep it healthy. I have separate plans to raise Tilapia for our table in a much smaller pond on a relative's nearby farm. However, my research tells me that catfish can eat other fish and, possibly worse, snakeheads are highly predatory and will eat other fish and their own species. What is the truth here? Comments and advice welcomed.

Anticipation is a much more valuable - and unobtrusive - defence mechanism when driving.

FYI for UK expats: The Thailand-UK Double Taxation Convention can be viewed at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thailand-tax-treaties. Furthermore, in view of Mike mentioning that a number of double taxation agreements are currently being reviewed, this web page allows you to be notified of any changes in the content by email. The current information is effective in Thailand from 1st January 1981 and was published on the .gov.uk website on 2nd January 2014. I already use this .gov.uk email notification service for another UK legislation topic and find it reliable.