Passenger recounts terrifying mid-air ordeal on Hat Yai bound flight

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

A Thai man recounted his experience flying to Hat Yai yesterday after an aircraft was forced to return to Suvarnabhumi Airport. 

 

Posting on Facebook  they said after being in the air for 20 minutes there was a hydraulic system failure and a very loud bang.

 

There was no sound of the undercarriage being deployed. 

 

The aircraft returned to Bangkok and a first attempt at landing failed with the pilot opting to go round again before landing successfully.

 

The poster talked about having their life's matters in order as this was not the first time this kind of scary experience had happened to them. 

 

Daily News said that it was a low cost carrier and that comment about the story was rife online.

 

But both they and Sanook in their stories "vaselined" the name of the airline out as well as the poster 

 

Defamation crazy Thailand makes the naming of businesses in negative stories highly problematical, notes Thaivisa. 

 

 

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[mtls2005]

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

But both they and Sanook in their stories "vaselined" the name of the airline out as well as the poster 

 

Hmm. Vaselined?

 

No black spray paint I guess?

 

 

[bdenner]

The incident hasn't made it to avherald.com yet but you can be assured they will not be backward in coming forward naming the airline.

 

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There was no sound of the undercarriage being deployed. 

I'm thinking that should read "being raised"?

 

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The aircraft returned to Bangkok and a first attempt at landing failed with the pilot opting to go round again before landing successfully.

I'm guessing here the pilots had requested a visual inspection of the undercarriage by the tower before attempting the landing.

[KhunBENQ]

Laughable "vaseline" if you find it easy on KhaoSod Online in Thai language (khaosod.co.th).

Incl. the bilingual letter of excuse from the company.

It's one of the airlines on my last choice list.

 

[JoePai]

I would be more worried about trying to fly into Hat Yai in a Jumbo

[KhunBENQ]

Short roundtrip.

And indeed landing on 2nd attempt.

[MarcelV]

10 minutes ago, JoePai said:

I would be more worried about trying to fly into Hat Yai in a Jumbo

Hat Yai has got an international airport with a good and long runway. Just sayin'

[mtls2005]

My guess would be VZ 320, based on the flight stats.

 

Scanned departures for HDY on 5 April, see "Diverted to BKK".

 

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/vz320#274c3ab5

[Olmate]

Must have missed the terrifying ordeal bit!

[PETERTHEEATER]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Hmm. Vaselined?

 

No black spray paint I guess?

 

 

Vaseline is the registered trade name of a brand of petroleum jelly so I guess they have just fallen foul of defamation law.......????

 

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Defamation crazy Thailand makes the naming of businesses in negative stories highly problematical, notes Thaivisa. 

Calling Thailand "crazy" could also merit a defamation lawsuit in the eyes of uptight officials.

I predict a nationwide ban of all adjectives.

[BritManToo]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

A Thai man recounted his experience flying to Hat Yai yesterday after an aircraft was forced to return to Suvarnabhumi Airport. 

That plane looks a bit big to land at Hat Yai.

[CLW]

2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Laughable "vaseline" if you find it easy on KhaoSod Online in Thai language (khaosod.co.th).

Incl. the bilingual letter of excuse from the company.

It's one of the airlines on my last choice list.

 

What's wrong with this airline? 

They are using relatively new aircraft, taken over from bankrupt Icelandic carrier. 

Newer than most of the aircraft from their competitors. 

Besides that, the pilots did an excellent job, which means they received good and regular training.

[josephbloggs]

13 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

That plane looks a bit big to land at Hat Yai.

It's a stock photo.  No LCCs here fly 747s.

[KhunBENQ]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

My guess would be VZ 320, based on the flight stats.

You reveal the secret ????

[mtls2005]

They are getting a local reputation for delays.

 

Saw a video circulating yesterday, Thai man screaming at the station manager as large crowd milled about during a 5 hours delay at SBIA/BKK.

 

 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, MarcelV said:

Hat Yai has got an international airport with a good and long runway. Just sayin'

But has the Jumbo good brakes... just wondering.

[Burma Bill]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

My guess would be VZ 320, based on the flight stats.

 

Thanks - yes indeed. Although I live in Cambodia, to avoid Thailand's idiotic "dinosaur" defamation laws by not naming the airline, I will state that it's parent company has headquarters at Ba Dinh in Hanoi!!

[nrasmussen]

15 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

But has the Jumbo good brakes... just wondering.

 

With a runway length of 3050 m virtually any aircraft can land at Hat Yai International Airport.

[hotchilli]

27 minutes ago, nrasmussen said:

 

With a runway length of 3050 m virtually any aircraft can land at Hat Yai International Airport.

I was jesting...

[tomazbodner]

Well that plane was off to Surat within 90 minutes of mentioned landing, and is right now on the way to Khon Khen...

[rasmus5150]

4 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

My guess would be VZ 320, based on the flight stats.

 

Scanned departures for HDY on 5 April, see "Diverted to BKK".

 

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/vz320#274c3ab5

 

1 hour ago, Burma Bill said:

Thanks - yes indeed. Although I live in Cambodia, to avoid Thailand's idiotic "dinosaur" defamation laws by not naming the airline, I will state that it's parent company has headquarters at Ba Dinh in Hanoi!!

 

And it almost rhymes with "thigh headset".

[tifino]

1 hour ago, nrasmussen said:

 

With a runway length of 3050 m virtually any aircraft can land at Hat Yai International Airport.

yes well considering my recollections of watching RTAF F5s easily take off/landing there; as the airfields other life is as an air force strip...      

 

[Yorkshire Tea]

When I read the headline, I thought they'd run out of gin to mix with the tonic ????

[lom]

2 hours ago, rasmus5150 said:

And it almost rhymes with "thigh headset".

The name of the airline which has the IATA code VZ is Thai VietJet Air.

[KhunBENQ]

4 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

They are getting a local reputation for delays.

 

Saw a video circulating yesterday, Thai man screaming at the station manager as large crowd milled about during a 5 hours delay at SBIA/BKK.

A mate with wife/child almost lost a whole day in 2019 to get from Phuket to Bangkok.

Left alone for hours waiting for a replacement plane.

His experiences were warning enough for me.

[Neeranam]

7 hours ago, Olmate said:

Must have missed the terrifying ordeal bit!

It seems much ado about nothing, as I can see. 

[bartender100]

9 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Hmm. Vaselined?

 

No black spray paint I guess?

 

 

Maybe trying to slip the story though the back door????

[harrry]

4 hours ago, nrasmussen said:

 

With a runway length of 3050 m virtually any aircraft can land at Hat Yai International Airport.

runway length is 10007  metres which is still very adequate for almost all aircraft.

[soi3eddie]

8 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Short roundtrip.

And indeed landing on 2nd attempt.

 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Posting on Facebook  they said after being in the air for 20 minutes there was a hydraulic system failure and a very loud bang.

 

Looking at the track it was probably in the air for no more than 20 minutes total. At what point was the "bang"? On landing?