Picture: Thai Rath

 

It has been a bad few days for the Thai army.

 

At the end of last week Lt-General Kriangkrai Srirak was injured along with six other personnel when his Blackhawk helicopter made a crash landing in a rubber fireld in Songkhla.

 

The general had been flying to Pattani when the helicoper developed trouble and crashed through trees.

 

Then at the weekend the stricken helicopter was loaded onto an army trailer for a trip to the central region and repairs at an army facility in Lopburi.

 

It didn't get very far before there was a collision with another trailer on the Hat Yai to Phatthalung Road and it hit a tree.

 

Fortunately there were no more injuries but Thai Rath reported large traffic jams caused by the accident in which Khao Chaison police attended. 

 

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1 minute ago, webfact said:

It didn't get very far before there was a collision with another trailer on the Hat Yai to Phatthalung Road and it hit a tree.

Slippery roads, Sat Nav failure, micro sleep?

The military can't have too many choppers left in the air...

No doubt more will be arriving soon for the illustrious RTF and RTA pilots to take charge....

Somchais in the air and on the road

Seems traffic rules do not apply to military vehicles?

Once stopped at the traffic light at a busy intersection with three lanes per direction. Suddenly the pickup on the left "makes way" and then a military truck sweeps through without any care. No special signal/horn.

Oops, OMG, what a cluster. No wide load signs, no escort vehicles, no red flags, no traffic control...shall I continue.

Now, when you are driving on thai roads, you must stay vigilant to look left-right-behind-front…and UP!

50 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Slippery roads, Sat Nav failure, micro sleep?

Brake failure twice :)?? ????

Do some maintenance it might help

Safety is still a foriegn concept to most Thais, especially road and electrical safety.  Driving on Thai roads is pretty much a free-for-all and intersections can be especially dangerous due to red light running.

 

Safety First---555.

17 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Oops, OMG, what a cluster. No wide load signs, no escort vehicles, no red flags, no traffic control...shall I continue.

No thoughts for Public Safety; normal in Land of Idiots !

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Slippery roads, Sat Nav failure, micro sleep?

Brake failure ?

Blackhawk double down!

Clowns

11 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Blackhawk double down!

They apparently did not have any Overwatch.....

It has been a bad few days for the Thai army.

 

Right.

8 years of it.

1 hour ago, Tarteso said:

Now, when you are driving on thai roads, you must stay vigilant to look left-right-behind-front…and UP!

In the UK last year I was out for a walk and I had to cross next to a roundabout. I looked to my right before I crossed to the centre Island as that's where the traffic would be coming. Just a I was about to step into the road I glanced to my right and saw a van coming the wrong way and stopped just in time. 

 

I put that down to living here and looking everywhere. 

 

What's a rubber fireld is it a special place where choppers crash and burn ????

1 hour ago, findlay13 said:

Brake failure ?

Nah just taking advantage of the new cannabis laws, probably the same as the pilot of the chopper, a little higher than he should have been  ????

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Slippery roads, Sat Nav failure, micro sleep?

You forgot failed brakes. 

To save money, they used the Pilot of the original crash as the Driver of the flatbed transporting the chopper to repair shop..............or maybe the Army has this problem??    The lack of skilled pilots is now causing chaos at our airports     TIT

Edited July 18, 20223 yr by TunnelRat69

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Slippery roads, Sat Nav failure, micro sleep?

Don't forget 'brakes failed'.

6 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

The military can't have too many choppers left in the air...

No doubt more will be arriving soon for the illustrious RTF and RTA pilots to take charge....

Yes Blackhawks aren't cheap, and Thailand don't have many but at least the pilot didn't go down with it.

5 hours ago, actonion said:

Do some maintenance it might help

There is no money (Kickbacks) in maintenance,...but there is a lot of it in brand new helicopters !!!

I've had to catch a helicopter once a month for years in many countries, including Thailand.

It's always a scary trip, what makes it worse is you're buckled up for the trip, no going to the toilet, no alcohol.

Angola was a 3 hour journey. 

 

You can't think, worry about things you can't control, failures, Incompetence. 

You got to put those thoughts elsewhere. 

 

Over the years, been quite a few choppers go down in the north sea. 

 

Edited July 18, 20223 yr by SAFETY FIRST

 

Isn't there supposed to be a red flag at the end of that load?

But what do I know...

Sounds to me as if its a Toy that should be kept in its Hanger for the safety of all civilians.

don't drink and drive....

9 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

The military can't have too many choppers left in the air...

No doubt more will be arriving soon for the illustrious RTF and RTA pilots to take charge....

Since half of the uniformed Thais are flashing a shining badge of wings it shouldn't be a problem..

 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

was loaded onto an army trailer for a trip to the central region

Blade runner?????