Phuket Airlines Plane Skids Off Runway

[womble]

Just heard it on Thai TV, reports sketchy at moment, anyone else heard anything???

[taxexile]

no deaths.

all passengers safe.

airport closed until tomorrow

they are talking about it on radio 100.00 fm (bangkok)

[ovenman]

Mae Hong Son or Mae Sot? I don't believe that Phuket Air flies to the former.

[lampard10]

Apparantley, skidded on the wet runway. Minor incident report. NOT Plane crash.

[womble]

No Deaths, thank god, this has been an accident waiting to happen, this airline should be banned from the skys!

[taxexile]

this airline should be banned from the skys!

and the runways !

[cdnvic]

Topic edited for accuracy

cv

[geronimo]

I have a feeling this will be the end of them!

[cdnvic]

I have a feeling this will be the end of them!

I think this was their last aircraft that wasn't either leased out or being held over bad debts.

cv

[womble]

No one injured as Phuket Airways plane skids off runway in Mae Sot

TAK, Sept 11 (TNA) - An aircraft from Phuket Air skidded off a runway at Mae Sot airport in this northern province Sunday morning but no one was hurt, according to airport officials.

The accident occurred at 9 a.m. after the plane, Phuket Air flight SR 36, which departed Bangkok earlier in the morning , was landing in Mae Sot.

All 40 passengers and air crew were reported safe.

The cause of the accident is under investigation, officials said, adding that damages to the aircraft will also be assessed.

Phuket Air or Phuket Airlines is a low-cost airline which has been operational since 2001.

It expanded rapidly domestically and regionally during its first two years, then last year became the first Thai private carrier to London and Amsterdam.

Phuket Airways is owned by Senator Vikrom Aisiri. The airline currently operates three domestic routes -- between Bangkok and Buri Ram, Mae Sot and Ranong -- and one regional route between Bangkok and Rangoon. (TNA)-

[Flysiam]

I have a feeling this will be the end of them!

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Are you kidding? TiT!

[Netfan]

It made today's BP, complete with photo

[happymanme]

The bit i like in the BP story is the fact that theres a petrol station 200 metres away from the end of the runway ..................jeeeeeeeeeeeeez and they talk about safety

[jrincon17]

Just heard it on Thai TV, reports sketchy at moment, anyone else heard anything???

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Just shut down that airline altogether , they have had so many problems . They are banned from every other country . Whats that say about Thailand ?

[AmeriThai]

Glad everyone's safe. I imagine it was pretty tense for the passengers. I hope they were given complimentry tissue roll to clean the mess out of their shorts.

[cobra]

All part of the Soft Landing restructuring ...

[george]

Pilots' licences suspended in wake of crash

Pilots alcohol tested

BANGKOK: -- Aviation authorities have suspended the flying licences of two Phuket Air pilots after their plane skidded off a runway at Mae Sot airport on Sunday morning. ``We've suspended the flying licences of the pilot and co-pilot and sent them for physical examinations to check on the alcohol level in their blood,'' said Vudhichai Angsuwan, director of the Flight Safety Standards Bureau.

None of 28 passengers and crew aboard the decades-old YS11 twin turbo-prop plane were injured in the accident.

The plane's right wing and propeller were damaged.

``We're examining the flight recorder to see whether the accident was caused by human error, technical problems or poor visibility,'' Mr Vudhichai said. Eyewitnesses at Mae Sot airport said the plane landed in the middle of the runway at high speed and skidded off the end into a ditch not far from a petrol station. ``If you ask me, the plane should have been touching down at the beginning of the runaway rather than around the middle,'' said Senator Udon Tantisunthorn, a passenger on the plane.

Phuket Air is owned by Ranong Senator Vikrom Aisiri, who also owns the Andaman Club, a casino in Victoria Point, Burma.

Phuket Air, launched four years ago, has had a run of embarassing drawbacks this year, including being banned from landing in Britain and France. Earlier this month, its 747 was impounded in South Korea for reportedly failing to pay a Korean sales agent fee.

The airline owns 14 aircraft, including five YS11s, none of which are operational after Sunday's incident, and nine 737s and 747s.dpa

--Bangkok Post 2005-09-13

[cdnvic]

YS-11s? Were the african and rural chinese airlines finished with them?

cv

[Ricardo]

YS-11s? Were the african and rural chinese airlines finished with them? 

cv

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Guess they were too old for freight-airlines then

[taxexile]

NAMC YS-11

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

A YS-11 of Japan Air CommuterThe NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner built by a Japanese consortium, the Nippon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. The program was initiated by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1954: the aircraft was rolled out in 1962, and production ceased in 1974.

To date, the YS-11 is the only successful commercial aircraft made by a Japanese firm either from before or after World War II. 182 were produced in total. Although most of the aircraft was designed and manufactured in Japan, the engines were built by Rolls-Royce.

The twin-engined YS-11 delivered similar operational performance to the four-engined Vickers Viscount, and had 50% more capacity than the similarly-configured Fokker F.27.

Operators

Aerolineas Argentinas

Air Nippon

All Nippon Airways

Austral Airlines

China Airlines

Cruzeiro

Greek Air Force

Japan Air System

Japan Domestic Airlines

Japan Self-Defense Forces (Air and Maritime)

Japan Coast Gaurd

Olympic Airways

Piedmont Airlines

Southwest Air Lines Japan

Toa Domestic Airlines

VASP

Asian Spirits

Specifications

Engines: Two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops, each rated 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW)

Wingspan: 105 ft (32 m)

Fuselage: 86 ft (26 m)

Dry weight: 31,000 lb (15,500 kg)

Maximum takeoff weight: 54,000 lb (24,500 kg)

Airspeed: 250 knots (470 km/h)

Operating range: 680 miles (1,100 km)

Passengers: 64

[cdnvic]

Of course those are not current operators.

cv

[Nordlys]

Of course those are not current operators. 

cv

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Yes, made in Japan but none in operation in Japan now except by Japanese self defence forces because YS-11 is not equipped with collision avoidance system as required by Japanese civil aviation law (but apprently not required in Thailand ).

[lampard10]

Of course those are not current operators. 

cv

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Yes, made in Japan but none in operation in Japan now except by Japanese self defence forces because YS-11 is not equipped with collision avoidance system as required by Japanese civil aviation law (but apprently not required in Thailand ).

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I think you'll find the YS11 is based on the HS748 or Andover. Anyway this letter was received by people who had booked tickets to Buriram with Phuket Air.

" We would like to infor you about our flight from Bangkok to Buriram. It is very huge reduction of traffic demand. The domestic flight operated by YS11 will becancelled from 15th of Sep until further notice. Consequently your booking have been error."

So nothing to do with the accident at all. Who the &lt;deleted&gt; are they kidding. Don't they know that people know.