banchangbob Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Hi All, Yesterday Oman Air planes were fly low around U-Tapao Airport in Sattahip/Ban Chang. The last time we saw it like this it was Phuket Air before they lost their safety certificate. Can anyone through any light on why they were there? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Are Oman Airways regular visitors there? If not - could be that they are just practicing. (Happens on Samui when a new airline is looking to use the place.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Just learning how to throw out more Thobs & Ghutras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I have seen a few lately. Must be the wind direction? The plane was basically going down the coast from Pattaya to Sattahip...almost directly over Suk. Hope they don't keep that up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipp Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Thai Technical (Thai Airways' maintenance unit) is a large aircraft overhaul base in U-Tapao. They also provide services to third parties. So the Oman Air plane might have undergone some maintenance there. After some major work on planes, they will perform a series of flight tests to make sure everything is fine. The low flight might have been part of such a flight test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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