MJo Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Just landed to Swampy. Could smell smoke already couple of minutes before landing and after landing saw clearly visible flames between the two runways. Captain also annouced that there is big fire between the runways, smoke is disturbing air traffic and one of the two runways has been closed due to the fire. When driving out from the airport i could also see huge cloud of smoke rising from the airport. Nothing on tv channels so far. Wondering what is burning. Anyone seen any reports in local media ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Maybe someone with a box of matches thought it would be a good idea to burn off the excess grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJo Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 It looked much more than just burning grass to me. Then again there is nothing much between the runways, mainly grass... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeritus Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 At what time did you see this fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJo Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 My plane landed just before 8pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongeman Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 BBC have reported that the PM has said its all under control........... I have my doubts about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bri9646 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Long time reader and seldom poster here. I just landed a few minutes before midnight and saw no fire or smoke. Things were very quiet at Swampy. I came in at E9 and there wasn't 20 people in that long corridor to the "T" where your turn to make your way to immigration. 3 people in front of me at the immigration queue. Nearly no traffic to Sukhumvit nor on Sukhumvit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G54 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 bri9646 You need to check date of the 1st post. Is an older thread and not connected to the current problems in BKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bri9646 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Ahh...my bad! Sorry to all! Guess that trip to Korea was rougher on me than I thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G54 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Seems so. Though we do not always look at the date. More the topic headline. Seen it happen often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 OP was April 3rd. ///CLOSED// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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