snoop1130 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Runway reopened at Suvarnabhumi, jumbo jet retrieved after skidding in heavy rains By The Nation One of the Suvarnabhumi Airport runways, which was the scene of a Thai Airways international flight from China skidding off course while landing in heavy rain on Monday night, was reopened and traffic resumed at 5pm today. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith thanked all who contributed to safely and efficiently retrieving a “jumbo jet” that had skidded off the runway, with the time required to free the plane and clear the scene kept under four hours yesterday – about 90 minutes less than the estimated completion time. Arkhom said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee Office would speedily probe the incident’s cause. According to Flight Lieutenant Pratthana Pattanasirim, THAI’s director of security and flight standards division, no one was injured when flight TG 679 skidded off the runway. The Boeing 747400 had 97 passengers and 18 crew on board. It left Guangzhou at 8.58pm (local time) and arrived at Suvarnabhumi at 10.48pm. Passengers were safely transferred from the plane to the terminal and THAI gave them snacks and drinks while they waited for their luggage. Pratthana said the airline would cooperate with other agencies to investigate the cause of the accident. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30356128 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-10-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 11 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Pratthana said the airline would cooperate with other agencies to investigate the cause of the accident. Ghosts........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337markus Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Standard answer failed brakes or rain on the road ( oops I mean tarmac) ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 23 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said: Ghosts........ or brakes failed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 What these jumbo jets need is a shrine in the north east corner and a bottle of red fanta before every flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Darcula said: What these jumbo jets need is a shrine in the north east corner and a bottle of red fanta before every flight. Chinese Fanta of course....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Paul Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Thai Air, very unsafe and now we all wait 4 YEARS for safety actions to be in place..Never fly Thai you might end up in a field . 2 planes in less than a year. Um !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Very different salvage crew than those 'trying' to raise the Phoenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 You can't blame the pilot. He was looking for that third runway budgeted in circa 2011. Still not built yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searat7 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 You are so right about the third runway. That is the first expansion which should have been made . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaichiro Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Darcula said: What these jumbo jets need is a shrine in the north east corner and a bottle of red fanta before every flight. Can’t, they’re building the long awaited terminal extension there. Still, might do well to have a giant amulet hanging from the fuselage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 36 minutes ago, Searat7 said: You are so right about the third runway. That is the first expansion which should have been made . even a third, fourth or fifth runway can make an aircraft do "aquaplaning" during heavy rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrunner Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 A full load of passengers, even Chinese, would have given the aircraft adequate weight to stop it from hydroplaning and going off the runway. Still, it's the 1st Officers job to brake to landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 16 hours ago, snoop1130 said: 97 passengers How many paid, and how many freeloaders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 47 minutes ago, oldrunner said: A full load of passengers, even Chinese, would have given the aircraft adequate weight to stop it from hydroplaning and going off the runway. Still, it's the 1st Officers job to brake to landing. BS² Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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