Thai airline flight makes emergency landing in Phuket

[spidermike007]

I wonder how the passengers were even aware of this issue? It does not sound like anyone was ever in much danger. Perhaps the engine caught on fire, or was blowing out alot of smoke, easily visible to passengers? 

 

Glad everyone arrived safely. 

[steven100]

Not sure where it came from, possibly Bangkok,  but to run out of fuel on approach is bad calculation by the ground staff.

 

Next time....more fuel.  

[FlorC]

2 hours ago, DUNROAMIN said:

No mention of what airline and more importantly what aircraft?

Indeed , no mention. Must be Boeing again. Flying coffins.

[simon43]

15 hours ago, JoePai said:

Do TG planes not come with 2 engines these days ?

Of course!  But to save wear and tear, they only use 1 engine at a time... 🙂

[Suitcase]

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

I'm bloody sure that I would be very worried if I looked out of any plane window, and saw an engine not working....at 30k feet!

 

Sitting inside the plane how can one tell if the engine is running or not

[BerndD]

 

That must have been an European Airbus, because something like that cannot happen with American Boeing.

[BerndD]

33 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I wonder how the passengers were even aware of this issue? It does not sound like anyone was ever in much danger. Perhaps the engine caught on fire, or was blowing out alot of smoke, easily visible to passengers? 

 

Glad everyone arrived safely. 

Maybe they didn´t see any propeller anymore?  😉😉

[Patong2021]

3 hours ago, diveasia666 said:

Surprised it doesn't happen more often after chapter 11 and minimal maintenance to cut costs.

 

There is no "Chapter 11" in Thailand. Thai bankruptcy rules and procedures are different than those of the USA. 

 How do you know there was minimal maintenance? The airline would not be able to fly to EU, Taiwan,Singapore  or Japanese airports without international standard certification. I would expect that other countries would require the certification too.

 

[khunjeff]

1 hour ago, wensiensheng said:

Thai airline is mentioned several times, as in Thai airways.

 

"Thai airline" could describe any of the several Thailand-registered carriers, hence the confusion. "Thai Airways" is never mentioned in the article.

[norfolkandchance]

20 minutes ago, Suitcase said:

Sitting inside the plane how can one tell if the engine is running or not

Beat me to it.

[Cabradelmar]

It was on approach to Phuket... It wasn't forced to land in Phuket. It has 2 engines. Those planes are engineered to fly on 1 engine when necessary. 

[Olmate]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

Not sure where it came from, possibly Bangkok,  but to run out of fuel on approach is bad calculation by the ground staff.

 

Next time....more fuel.  

 Airport pump attendents are low paying jobs maybe! 

[Formaleins]

16 hours ago, JoePai said:

Do TG planes not come with 2 engines these days ?

and did the flight to Phuket make an "emergency" landing at any other airport other than its actual destination? Another storm in a teacup or trouble underneath the coconut shell of Thailand.

[Taboo2]

This is another example of why we need only the best and most qualified pilots to fly these airplanes.  Well done!

[JoePai]

2 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

This is another example of why we need only the best and most qualified pilots to fly these airplanes.  Well done!

I think you will find all pilots are qualified pilots to fly these airplanes  😎

[Heminda]

2 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

This is another example of why we need only the best and most qualified pilots to fly these airplanes.  Well done!

I am still waiting for the expert opinion from Chairman Orange as he has become a world famous aviation expert. Was the crew 100% Thai and no DEI included🤭?

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

1 hour ago, FlorC said:

Indeed , no mention. Must be Boeing again. Flying coffins.

 

Did Boeing drink the DEI / extreme wokeness Kool Aid?

[Digitalbanana]

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[daejung]

They do not say whether there is an investigation by the aircraft manufacturer and what brand the aircraft is. Airbus ? Boeing ?

[black tabby12345]

14 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

Modern jets can easily fly and land on one engine.

 

That is the meaning of the plural engines, isn't it?

Already at the time of WW2, some B-17 bombers came back alive to the base in UK on single engine(3 others destroyed during air-to-air combat over Nazi air space).

 

 

[realfunster]

2 hours ago, FlorC said:

Indeed , no mention. Must be Boeing again. Flying coffins.

 

20 minutes ago, daejung said:

They do not say whether there is an investigation by the aircraft manufacturer and what brand the aircraft is. Airbus ? Boeing ?

You are aware that neither Airbus nor Boeing actually manufacture the engines that sit on their airframes ?

[twizzian]

I don’t see the name of Airline or model of plane in the article 

[Hamus Yaigh]

53 minutes ago, daejung said:

They do not say whether there is an investigation by the aircraft manufacturer and what brand the aircraft is. Airbus ? Boeing ?

Does it not strike you as odd this story about a 'Thai airline' only appears on a Turkish web site? It's AI generated garbage - who knows if a single word of it is true.

[NobbyClarke]

Well done and congratulations to the pilot and crew.

[Rimmer]

An off topic post has been removed

[black tabby12345]

Airport 2025 in Thailand.

[Chalong circle]

Incident not reported anywhere else. Very strange.

[JulesMad]

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“It was scary, but I trusted the pilots.”

You have NO choice

[Hummin]

16 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

In such circumstances does the pilot announce that an engine has failed? I would have thought it better to just get on and land the plane without scaring the passengers.

Normal part of the procedure to inform the passenger about emergency landing, fasten seat bealts and to take their emergency landing position. 

 

Do you want your neighbour next to you  take you out if landing goes wrong? 

[IsaanT]

9 hours ago, hotchilli said:

 

On-point of take off it can become more problematic.

 

This is a valid and correct point.  As a pilot, I was interested in putting it into context.

As you probably know, pilots like to talk in V-speeds.  In this scenario we will use V1, Vr and V2.

 

V1 is the take-off commit speed (typically because there isn't enough runway remaining to stop, that sort of thing...)

Vr is the speed that rotation commences (rotation is when the nosewheel lifts off the runway but the main wheels are still in contact with the runway)

V2 is the safe minimum take-off speed.  A multi-engine airliner can continue the take-off and climb if an engine fails at or above this speed.

 

I'll use an Airbus A320 for this example, s a typical popular airliner:

 

- V1 is between 130-150 knots (dependent on aircraft weight, weather and runway conditions)

- Vr is between 135 and 155 knots (dependencies as above)

- V2 is between 140 and 160 knots.

 

Unsurprisingly, each of these events occur in sequence - V1, Vr then V2.

 

The bottom line is that there is typically 10 knots difference between V1 (there's no turning back) and V2 (we're OK to continue).  In an A320, this typically takes one second.

 

So, next time you're hurtling down the runway and the nose starts to rise, you might hold your breath.  When you feel the rumbling of the main wheels on the runway stop because you have become airborne, you can breath again (you might loudly proclaim "Thank God!" but this might confuse your fellow passengers).

 

I hope this helps. 🙂