Thai Airways plane snaps tail off private jet after collision at Vientiane airport

[madmen]

12 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Just because the Gulfstream has cones around it does not mean it was satisfactorily parked or that the Lao ground crew backing and guiding the airbus out enough to properly avoid interaction with the Gulfstream. My guess is on the ground crew screwup.

Where's the fun in that? 

[josephbloggs]

5 hours ago, Artisi said:

No, just claimed brake failure. 

About three pages too late with that hilarious, non-predictable "joke".

 

Yawn.

[Captain Monday]

13 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Just because the Gulfstream has cones around it does not mean it was satisfactorily parked or that the Lao ground crew backing and guiding the airbus out enough to properly avoid interaction with the Gulfstream. My guess is on the ground crew screwup.

The article said the aircraft was taxiing out. No indication ground crew was involved.

If ground crew pushed a plane into a parked aircraft it is their stuff-up not the Captain.  This is how it works and if TG hit a parked aircraft the owners have a strong legal claim against them or their insurance company.  Most every accident is  the result of a chain of errors, rarely one cause.

• A jet should not be parked on a hardstand adjacent to a taxiway unless there is sufficient clearance for the sizes of aircraft expected to use the taxiway.
• A tower/ ground controller will not, if he is doing his job properly, clear an aircraft of a certain size on a taxiway unless there is sufficient clearance.
• The pilot will assume there is clearance if he keeps his nose on the centerline  

Taxiing is a hazard on a perfect day,  it comes down to eyeballs and a good FO looking out also but unfortunately once waved off by the marshaller (guy with the lighted wands), any movement on the ground is the sole responsibility of the pilot in command.

 

[SmartyMarty]

Smooth as silk?

[Chelseafan]

20 hours ago, Antonymous said:

Did the pilot flee the scene?

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[PhonThong]

20 hours ago, Antonymous said:

Did the pilot flee the scene?

"I guess the brakes failed".

[daveAustin]

20 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Einstein once wrote: “only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure of the former” !!!! 

Of course he wasn't because it didn't fit into his dodgy general relativity equations which 'needed' tweaking (fudging) to fit the apparent (and, now, obviousness) of a dark energy repellent, of which he was not a proponent of, since he was a de'finite' static universe - though, granted, brilliant - believer.  

But, yes, Thai airways hits Gulfstream... well at least it wasn't in the air. 

[Artisi]

8 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

About three pages too late with that hilarious, non-predictable "joke".

 

Yawn.

Maybe, but I don't spend all day reading every post to nit pick a throw away comment. 

 

Boring in the extreme. 

[soalbundy]

A tribute to the quality of an Airbus, a wing tip can trash a 40 million Dollar jet.

[observer90210]

So,  Thai pilots are former mini van drivers ? ...????

[Captain Monday]

18 hours ago, soalbundy said:

A tribute to the quality of an Airbus, a wing tip can trash a 40 million Dollar jet.

Size matters.

[dcnx]

On 3/11/2020 at 4:01 AM, White Christmas13 said:

Just to keep all the Thai bashers at bay

 

But but but... Jesus man, go prostrate yourself in front of a photo or something.

 

This is a THAILAND message board. Go post this in the non-Thai area or a different board. Then wipe the Thai jizz from your lips, you’re embarrassing yourself.

[dcnx]

On 3/11/2020 at 8:25 AM, josephbloggs said:

About three pages too late with that hilarious, non-predictable "joke".

 

Yawn.

Yet here you are reading three pages deep.