Georgealbert

Trang Airport, must be hoping that the PM visits there soon. News reports say that the air conditioning in the departure terminal has been out of commission for 3 months. This airport does have about 12 flights a day, to and from Don Mueang.

Yes you may have. Currently aircraft in service in Asia are; Air Astana (Kazakhstan) 5 Bamboo Airline (Vietnam) 5 Buta Airways (Azerbaijan) 8 Colourful Guizhou Airlines (China) 9 Fuji Dream Airlines (Japan) 16 GX Airlines (China) 17 Hebel Airlines (China) 6 J-Air (Japan) 32 Myanmar Airways International 2 Star Air (India) 3 Tianjin Airways (China) 52 There are some with Russian airlines, but these are no longer being supported by Embraer.

Yes there is currently almost 1700 in service and are used by many airlines, since first receiving type certification from the civil aviation authorities of Brazil (ANAC), Europe (EASA) and the United States (FAA) in February 2004. Currently the largest operators of the E-Jet family are SkyWest Airlines (241 aircraft), Republic Airways (208 aircraft), and Envoy Air (152 aircraft), but are also in service with Alaska Horizon, American Eagle, Delta Connection, and United Express, all US airlines. Their ability to challenge Boeing and Airbus, is limited, due to limit production numbers, and they also have a current backlog of orders. The E-Jet has been involved in 21 incidents, including eight hull losses

Boeing could now face the criminal prosecution it avoided in 2021, after the two MAX 8 crashes.Any Department of Justice inquiry/investigation and criminal prosecution will probably focus on the Boeing Renton facility, where the 737 is manufactured. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/explainer-boeing-could-face-criminal-165709805.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/doj-investigation-could-focus-boeing-174135861.html

Sorry but that is not answering my question, your claimed experiences are either a deflection or a opportunity to moan, and have no relevance to arson or fire investigations. It does show that insurance company, as I have already said above, will try to avoid making payments, hence making insurance fraud fires even more difficult. So I ask again, please provide links or details of those “blazes shortly after the renewal of Fire Insurance policies” you posted about above and prove to me it was not just trying to make a big comment, with no knowledge.

Yes agree, it is often claimed that James McNerney, CEO at the time and also the first CEO without a background in aviation, made the decision to upgrade the 737 series to 737 MAX instead of developing a proposed new model, and also set up new production facilities, to break the power of the then site unions. Some details in this old report, from 2019, giving the background, that started the slide, into the MAX problems. https://leehamnews.com/2019/03/20/boeing-didnt-want-to-re-engine-the-737-but-had-design-standing-by/

Not disagreeing with what you are implying, as the sales do seem a bit unrealistic, but the sales of these aircraft was announced to the public, on 12 May, by Thai Airways CEO Chai Eamsiri. There is little independent information on these sales available, including who purchased them and prices paid, plus searching the aircraft registrations numbers, shows they have not yet been any updated new details. The “nine years old with 30000 flight hours” seems to be a rehash of the December 2020 report below. https://simpleflying.com/thai-airways-a380-sale/#:~:text=Seven years old with 30%2C000,website called Thai Aircraft Trading. The only current mention is in the document “Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the first quarter of 2024 ended March 31, 2024, for Thai Airways International Public Company Limited and Its Subsidiaries”, with the relevant paragraphs below.

This chemical waste factory is the perfect example of what you are saying. Remember this factory had previous legal action, for which it was fined and ordered to pay compensation. This incident is also still be investigated to determine if it was arson, to destroy evidence, along with its other factory site in Ayutthaya. https://www.earththailand.org/en/article/717 https://arnika.org/en/news/thai-company-ordered-to-pay-half-a-million-euro-for-polluting-the-environment

Fully agree with your comments. The enforcement of safety standards in any workplace is always difficult, as it will depend on the company’s management and attitude. The authorities will never have the time or staff to do full inspections more regularly than say yearly, or twice yearly if high risk. If internal pressure, from staff, to improve safety is not working, then that is the time that authorities should have a reporting system, and do spot inspections and push enforcement. Seems that from this fire, the Governor of Rayong, Mr. Traipop Wongtrairat has inspected the site and said the chemical disposal needs to be expedited. He has proposed submitting a chemical disposal plan to the Rayong Provincial Court, this Friday, for consideration. The plan is to take the money that the factory owners has previously placed as security at the court, from earlier legal action, 4 million baht, and that is to be used to manage the chemical waste disposal. The plan will be submitted to the Rayong Court. by the Department of Industrial Works. Ms. Sirikat Luengsakul, Director of the Industrial Waste Management Division, Department of Industrial Works, revealed that the chemical waste will be divided into 2 groups. The first group is the high risk chemicals, which needs urgent immediate action. This would be done using the 4 million baht. Then the remaining chemicals will be the dealt with under The Hazardous Substances Act, with The Department of Factories, asking for additional budget from the central government.

A few facts for information, currently there are over 1000 Boeing 787 in service and this aircraft type has only been involved in seven reported accidents and incidents, which has resulted in zero fatalities and no hull losses. The first 787 commercial flight was on 26 October 2011, by All Nippon Airways (ANA) when it flew from Tokyo to Hong Kong. In 2013 the Boeing 787 Dreamliner suffered from electrical system problems stemming from its lithium-ion batteries and was grounded by The FAA on 17 January2013 until 19 April 2013, when it returned to service after approved modifications to the batteries. Link below about people having concerns about flying on Boeing aircraft. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/travelers-changing-flights-avoid-boeing-airplanes-rcna144158

There were 10 in total, and many rumours over the years, but I believe that the latest information, based on aircraft registration details, is that; 1 was sold to the Royal Thai Airforce.and still being used. 3 are currently parked at Don Muang Airport, and have been there since 2012. 2 were scrapped and 1 of them is now at the Coffee Wars cafe on 331 highway, with the other broken up at U-Tapao Airport. 2 are currently parked at U-Tapoa Airport and have been there since 2015 2 are parked at Taiyuan Wusu Airport, China, 2024, after being sold to Hua An Part Co Ltd

Saw this update today, that Thailand plans to seeks extradition of 1 of the 3 Korean suspects. This was the one who was arrested in Korea. https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=374676

Each office has its own different procedures for the 30 days under consideration period. I had a similar issue at Jomtien in a previous year, and was told I would have to be there on the required date or extension cancelled, they offered no leeway, so I rearranged my exit flights. I would have suggested talking to the office and showing your flights to see what they say, but you are using an agent, and if they can not get any concession I doubt you will get any joy. Hope you get it sorted, and sorry for being pessimistic.

The A380s have been parked there since March/April 2020, when Covid shut down flights, 2 more are parked at U-Tapao Airport. All 6 of the A380s were delivered to Thai Airways, between September 2012 and November 2013, and I agree with you the planes look older and faded. The planes have not undergone the regular required maintenance, so will need an overhaul before the new owners can fly them away.

It is called politeness, I started my thread as I was aware of the incident and could provide live updates, same as with the tank fire in Rayong. By making the mods aware, when it appears in the news section, it makes it easier for them to close my thread, which has happened a few times, and last time the mod thanked me. So thank you for you concern and try to have a good day.

Find attached the latest “Statistical Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents” which are produced by both Boeing and Airbus. https://accidentstats.airbus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20230873_A-Statistical-analysis-of-commercial-aviation-accidents-2024-version.pdf https://www.boeing.com/content/dam/boeing/boeingdotcom/company/about_bca/pdf/statsum.pdf

In front of the Rayong Provincial Government Centre, this afternoon, local Nong Phawa residents protested and demanded that local and national agencies fix the industrial waste factory fire and pollution problems.

That is the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd., COMAC C919, the first one was delivered to China Eastern Airlines on 9 December 2022 and was put into commercial passenger service on 28 May 2023. The plane did receive permission to fly to the Singapore air show 2024. The first aircraft marketed by COMAC is the ARJ21 regional jet, It is only licensed and certified to fly domestically in China and has yet to start the certification process outside China. The company has stated it will seek EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) certification first, but will take years. In January 2021, the United States government named COMAC as a company "owned or controlled" by the People's Liberation Army and thereby prohibited any American company or individual from investing in it. The catalog price of $99 million per aircraft for the basic version of the C919 and the extended-range version of the C919, which has a catalog price of $108 million per aircraft. China expects annual production capacity of C919 planes to reach 150 in 5 years time, so even if is certified outside China it is a long way away from challenging Airbus and Boeing. Chinese media is promoting plans to design a new wide body C939, but that seems to be attempting to run, before it has even started walking. Current orders and aircraft shown below.

Seems that every time there is a fire the ‘self bestowed intellectual elite’ of AN, shout insurance fraud, as if al fires are started deliberately. You have to be so naive to believe that insurance companies, in any country, are going to pay out without a conclusive investigation, they do not like losing money. Police, forensic officers and insurance loss adjusters/investigators are trained to identify the causes of fire. Here are a few of the basic starting points that will help identify arson and which will stop any insurance payout. 1. Multiple seats of fire (fire started at different points or different rooms) 2. Is there any presence of accelerants (easy to detect with hydro carbon meter) 3. Was the colour of the smoke noteworthy (gives an indication of what was burning) 4. Were fire system turn off at the time of the fire. (Slower detection and greater fire spread) 5. What was the condition of the doors and windows (left open to help fire spread, more available oxygen) 6. Were there any items (equipment, chemicals, etc.) present at the time of the fire that wouldn't normally be there. ( help fire development) 7. Unusual burn patterns and high heat stress (evidence that fire set in highly combustible material or strange location) 8. Signs and evidence of forced entry (someone got in to start the fire) 9. Missing valuable items ( items that should be present but have been safely removed before fire) 10. Suspicious property owner/staff who are behaving out of the ordinary (at time of fire or in previous business dealings) Yes arson does occur, but the numbers of those persecuted for arson is low, as most are charged with criminal damage, using fire as a thrill, threat, revenge, vandalism, extremist motivations or trying to conceal another crime. Insurance companies have a financial interest in denying claims and If the available evidence, after investigation, points to intentional fire-setting the claims will be rejected. Insurance typically doesn’t cover arson because it involves deliberately setting fires with the intent to cause damage or destruction. Insurance policies are meant to cover unexpected and accidental events, not intentional acts of harm or illegal activities. Pictures below of the internal damage at this fire, it will still allow a conclusive investigation.

This again brings out more anti Boeing, single line comments. Yes Boeing’s reputation is in pieces, but we are currently seeing that every event or story involving a Boeing aircraft on social media or the news, there is immediately, and sometimes without considered opinion or expert insight, that Boeing are bad or to be blamed, even if is human error, airlines faults, maintenance issues or just selling aircraft are involved. Boeing is not going to disappear, as airlines have little choice to still order new Boeing aircraft, as the market is dominated by the them and Airbus. Neither company can keep up with current demand and it would be impossible for Airbus to supply all aircraft on their own. Embraer, Bombardier and Comac are years/decades away from challenging that domination The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently stated that “ Flying is the safest mode of transport, with one accident for every 1.26 million flights. At this level of safety, on average a person would have to travel by air every day for 103,239 years to experience a fatal accident.” In 2023 there was only a single fatal accident involving a turboprop aircraft, which resulted in 72 fatalities. Yeti Airlines Flight 691, from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal, on 15 January 2023, an ATR 72, from an Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer For comparison’s sake, 158 people died in aviation accidents in 2022, with more than 65,000 dying on roads in the UK, US and EU in the same year.

Please post links to those insurance frauds, you claim.

DOJ says Boeing breached 2021 737 MAX deferred criminal prosecution deal and they will now decide whether or not to file charges. ”The determination exposes Boeing to a potential criminal prosecution over the 2018 and 2019 crashes that could carry steep financial penalties and tougher oversight, deepening a corporate crisis and reputational damage stemming from the January blowout.” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-says-boeing-breached-2021-221522872.html

Boeing commercial jet only delivered 24 aircraft in April, while European rival Airbus said it delivered 61 aircraft in April. The company has said it is producing fewer MAX jets, only delivering 16 in April, to improve manufacturing quality, after being placed under increased scrutiny from regulators. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/boeing-commercial-jet-deliveries-drop-by-two-in-april-.html

Officials from the Mobile Groundwater Quality Inspection Team, of The Department of Groundwater Resources have began drilling to collect groundwater samples and also collect soil samples The drilling was done in the area of the neighbouring rubber plantation next to Warehouse 5. There will also be drilling scattered around the factory, along with officials coming to survey the area to map the terrain and check the direction of water flow run off.

The headline says torched, which would seem to imply a deliberate fire, arson, but the report states the suspected cause maybe electrical. Damage on part of the top floor was reported to be extensive, but that should not prevent a conclusive investigation into the cause.