Samui - Atr-plane Crash

[Rooo]

From samui Xpress

[Gatorade]

From samui Xpress

The spokesman is quoting "radar at the control tower"......Strange, since Samui Tower doesn't have Radar,

(unless installed very recently).

[mjperry]

The spokesman is quoting "radar at the control tower"......Strange, since Samui Tower doesn't have Radar,

(unless installed very recently).

What makes you think they don't have radar? My understanding is they have access to the huge installation up in the mountains on Samui run by the military.

Martin

[Gatorade]

The spokesman is quoting "radar at the control tower"......Strange, since Samui Tower doesn't have Radar,

(unless installed very recently).

What makes you think they don't have radar? My understanding is they have access to the huge installation up in the mountains on Samui run by the military.

Martin

Actual operating experience makes me know Samui Airport doesn't (or didn't) have radar.

The Military radar up in the mountains is a Primary radar and is not generally

used for Civil ATC purposes unless specially requested such as Search and Rescue, or when wishing to transit through a military restricted area. It is not published as a Radar service for Samui Airport. Of course there is a communications link between the two units.

Until recently I have flown into Samui as Pilot in command many times and used Bangkok Radar which gives coverage down to around 2000 feet before being handed over to the tower. This is standard for many airports in Thailand i.e.Krabi, Nakhon, Chumpon etc....

[mjperry]

Sounds like you know what your talking about there then Thought I read it on the outsourced ATC companies website, stand corrected

Martin

[Thongkorn]

Wind shear is common . if you look at a few you tube videos about wind shear it will show you aircraft coming in sideways , It would suggest that the Runway at Sumui is not big enough and it is far to near any buildings , for Allowing for an event of wind shear to happen