Popular Post Tropicalevo Posted July 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2022 9 hours ago, webfact said: It has been a bad few days for the Thai army. Thanks to the army it has been a bad 8 years for the majority of the Thai population. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCW Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 10 hours ago, jacko45k said: Slippery roads, Sat Nav failure, micro sleep? Misunderstanding... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Does this surprise anyone? Anyone at all? Is there anything that Thais can organise properly, apart from raiding an occasional pub to stop people having a beer after hours? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 5 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said: 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. Anutin on his left hoping he wont drop the spliff...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushroomdave Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 13 hours ago, jacko45k said: Slippery roads, Sat Nav failure, micro sleep? On the phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 14 hours ago, webfact said: the stricken helicopter was loaded onto an army trailer for a trip to the central region and repairs No, I don't think so, it had crash landed and was now cut into two pieces for transporting, don't think there is any plan to repair it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 13 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Oops, OMG, what a cluster. No wide load signs, no escort vehicles, no red flags, no traffic control...shall I continue. Yes, continue. Was it a "wide load", did it need "Wide Load" signs, why would it need red flags? How do you know that it wasn't being escorted and what traffic control do you know was necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 The amulets whoever had them on had another lucky day then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 21 hours ago, jacko45k said: Slippery roads, Sat Nav failure, micro sleep? Large load...???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbbooboo Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Hmmm…. Safety on Thai roads….. ?this is a good example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) On 7/18/2022 at 7:26 AM, webfact said: 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. Now that sounds worrying. Truck or Helicopter ? 23 hours ago, actonion said: Do some maintenance it might help This is Thailand, maintenance ? "not from MY budget you don't." said the boss of all. Edited July 19, 2022 by brianthainess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 It's obvious the bad spirits are still in control, lottery numbers coming soon. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Thais should not be allowed to drive anything faster than a buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 4 hours ago, mikebell said: Thais should not be allowed to drive anything faster than a buffalo. The reason you don't see many buffalo in Thailand anymore is not due to farm machinery replacing them but because the buffalo were slowly got killed-off in road accidents....some buffalo accident pile-ups at intersections were horrific.....tough beef all over the road! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 21 hours ago, Pib said: The reason you don't see many buffalo in Thailand anymore is not due to farm machinery replacing them but because the buffalo were slowly got killed-off in road accidents....some buffalo accident pile-ups at intersections were horrific.....tough beef all over the road! ???? I thought they had protected status judging by the number of vet bills being paid by farangs almost monthly? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusL Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 On 7/18/2022 at 8:14 AM, ThailandRyan said: Oops, OMG, what a cluster. No wide load signs, no escort vehicles, no red flags, no traffic control...shall I continue. Yes.. you forgot the number-1 cause of road incidents in LOS… wet’n’slippy roads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Look on the bright side: it is probably write off - crash landing and then cutting them in half at the crash site tends to do that to helicopters! There will have to be a budget allocated to fund a replacement. There is probably a Mercedes in there somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Speed and Angles, left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 On 7/18/2022 at 8:30 AM, Pib said: 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. And their "Me first attitude" dooes'nt help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Addeur noir Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 This Black Hawk was probably a write-off before the road collision. The second Royal Thai Army Black Hawk crash since the type entered service in Thailand in late 2002. The first crash in around 2005 was fatal. Overall, not a bad safety record for the Black Hawk squadron. 15 (now 14?) examples of this type in service, with another 9 ex US Army UH-60s on order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozz1 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Can't drive can't fly how are we going to win the war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 7/18/2022 at 10:05 AM, kimamey said: 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. Just noticed that should read 'I glanced to my left'. It's age you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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