Airasia Flight Forced To Land In Phuket – Twice

[Felt 35]

MAI KHAO: AirAsia flight FD3024 from Phuket to Bangkok was forced to land twice shortly after takeoff at Phuket International Airport (PIA) yesterday evening.

A passenger on the flight told a Gazette source, “I heard the sound of wind rushing and then the engines roar [shortly after takeoff] and thought something had happened, but the crew didn’t tell the passengers exactly what was happening.”

After the initial takeoff, the plane landed back on the runway. After a short delay, the pilot attempted a second takeoff, only to be forced to land the aircraft again.

The source added that he later heard that the plane was forced to land because a door had not been sealed properly.

Aroonporn Sangduangyang, AirAsia’s duty executive at PIA, today told the Gazette, “The 6:15 pm flight from Phuket to Bangkok was forced to land twice yesterday. There was a technical problem, but the pilot was trying to get the passengers [to Bangkok] on time as our next flight was at 9:50 pm.”

K. Aroonporn explained that the aircraft’s flight system warns the pilot with an alarm if any doors are not sealed properly. In this instance, the pilot received no warning before takeoff that any doors had yet to be closed fully.

“It was not a serious situation,” she added.

However, K. Aroonporn declined to confirm whether a faulty door was the reason for the two landings.

“We transfered some passengers to our next flight at 9:50 pm, but some of them did not want to fly that late, so we transferred their tickets to fly with another airline,” K. Aroonporn said.

Flight FD3024 did eventually make it to Bangkok.

“If we are not 100% ready, we will not take off,” she added.

http://www.phuketgazette.net

[simon43]

“If we are not 100% ready, we will not take off,” she added.

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Well, that's encouraging news then. But if we believe these reports, they did actually take off

There was a technical problem, but the pilot was trying to get the passengers [to Bangkok] on time as our next flight was at 9:50 pm.”

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Ah ok, forget any technical problem, we don't want to miss our next plane. Faulty door?? So what!!

- Sometimes I hope that these reports actually sound worst than the reality because of bad translation into English.

Simon

[Lithobid]

Just to call you on a technical note, they were 100% ready for takeoff, seems that the problem arose after gaining some altitude and further pressurisation. To add, the fault of a door seal on takeoff is a minor problem, that causes no discomfort, except for delays.

[Ping]

Let's not worry about small problems, then, like the cargo door issue of some years ago (that, amongst other things, caused the loss of all lives on two different flights).

[Sporting Dog]

I thought planes usually dumped fuel before landing soon after takeoff.....?

[wileycoyote]

Worrying ,if you are a passenger

[mahtin]

I thought planes usually dumped fuel before landing soon after takeoff.....?

Not unless their cousin is there to "catch" it

[jumnien]

That's why I fly my little Zenair CH701 without doors; you never have to wonder if they are closed properly!

[lucky2103]

MAI KHAO: AirAsia flight FD3024 from Phuket to Bangkok was forced to land twice shortly after takeoff at Phuket International Airport (PIA) yesterday evening.

A passenger on the flight told a Gazette source, “I heard the sound of wind rushing and then the engines roar [shortly after takeoff] and thought something had happened, but the crew didn’t tell the passengers exactly what was happening.”

After the initial takeoff, the plane landed back on the runway. After a short delay, the pilot attempted a second takeoff, only to be forced to land the aircraft again.

The source added that he later heard that the plane was forced to land because a door had not been sealed properly.

Aroonporn Sangduangyang, AirAsia’s duty executive at PIA, today told the Gazette, “The 6:15 pm flight from Phuket to Bangkok was forced to land twice yesterday. There was a technical problem, but the pilot was trying to get the passengers [to Bangkok] on time as our next flight was at 9:50 pm.”

K. Aroonporn explained that the aircraft’s flight system warns the pilot with an alarm if any doors are not sealed properly. In this instance, the pilot received no warning before takeoff that any doors had yet to be closed fully.

“It was not a serious situation,” she added.

However, K. Aroonporn declined to confirm whether a faulty door was the reason for the two landings.

“We transfered some passengers to our next flight at 9:50 pm, but some of them did not want to fly that late, so we transferred their tickets to fly with another airline,” K. Aroonporn said.

Flight FD3024 did eventually make it to Bangkok.

“If we are not 100% ready, we will not take off,” she added.

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How comes that Google reports the Phuket Gazette as source of malicous software ?

This is what Goggle reports:

Safe Browsing

Diagnostic page for www.phuketgazette.net/news/

What is the current listing status for www.phuketgazette.net/news/?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 86 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 12 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 07/10/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 07/09/2008.

Malicious software includes 2 scripting exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 2 new processes on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 5 domain(s), including crtbond.com, usaadw.com, destbnp.com.

1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including crtbond.com.

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, www.phuketgazette.net/news/ did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?

In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

Although Im not affected by ANY malware (I use LINUX) it wud be helpful to get some clarification...

[LivinLOS]

Of the 86 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 12 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 07/10/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 07/09/2008.

PG recently had some kind of database hack (presume a MySQL injection but dont know) that made them open to a 3rd party attack.

Its since been cleaned up.. I dont get those warnings any more.

[lucky2103]

Of the 86 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 12 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 07/10/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 07/09/2008.

PG recently had some kind of database hack (presume a MySQL injection but dont know) that made them open to a 3rd party attack.

Its since been cleaned up.. I dont get those warnings any more.

Thanks, that clears up the matter.

[ukrules]

Let's not worry about small problems, then, like the cargo door issue of some years ago (that, amongst other things, caused the loss of all lives on two different flights).

I believe that was the DC-10 issue which they couldn't be bothered to fix until the second one crashed. Saw something on the discovery channel on it a few months ago. There were survivors on one of them if I remember correctly