webfact Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Air Force plane skids off runway at Chiang MaiCHIANG MAI: -- A Royal Thai Air Force plane skidded off the runway after one of its tyres blew up shortly after landing at Chiang Mai airport today.The BT 67 plane has just completed a haze fighting mission over Chiang Mai when it returned to the airport.Nobody was injured in the incident that happened at 09.45 am but the airport was ordered close to all commercial flights for 45 minutes to facilitate rescue teams to remove the aircraft and cleared the runway for safety train.The front left tyre of the transport plane blew up when it touched the runway upon landing, according to Captain Chatinon Satanpatai, commander of the 41st Wing based in Chiang Mai.There was no damage to the plane and it was later towed back for check after is burst tyre was replaced.The airport resumed normal service an hour later.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/air-force-plane-skids-off-runway-at-chiang-mai -- Thai PBS 2015-03-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Heck some skid - so fast it threw it up in the air again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thhMan Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 What caused the tyre to blow up? Does it have a front left tyre? Whats a safety train? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Hmm, is that the same plane that slid off the runway just a week or two ago? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiolo Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I was just wondering what makes an aeroplane slide sidewards ? Not any crosswinds lately . A blown tyre might slew the plane off the runway. No ice . I dont like reporters to cock up a story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Many questions asked by members here, mine is what is a haze fighting mission? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNXBKKMAN Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 The aircraft pictured is a Casa 212 used for cloud seeding. This is the aircraft that had brake failure and ran into the grass a couple of weeks ago. The aircraft that shut the runway today was the BT67 (modernized DC3) and has been dropping water over the city for a couple of weeks. No idea why it popped a tyre but it is hot today 38'c, dodgy landing, wrong air pressure, mischievous spirits? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Now I'm a bit confused. Two nearly identical incidents in one day?Or is the same story reported from a different angle? March 20, 2015 12:33 pm An Air Force plane in a mission to spray water to fight haze skidded off the runwayafter one of its tyres blew up while trying to take off at Chiang Mai airport .....March 20, 2015 02:19 pm A Royal Thai Air Force plane skidded off the runway after one of its tyres blew up shortly after landing at Chiang Mai airport today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphil Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Many questions asked by members here, mine is what is a haze fighting mission? .......haze fighting mission. Was this an episode of Mission Impossible ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny S Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Many questions asked by members here, mine is what is a haze fighting mission? Doubt it - those Money for these missions are safe in somebodys bankaccount now ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) The aircraft pictured is a Casa 212 used for cloud seeding. This is the aircraft that had brake failure and ran into the grass a couple of weeks ago. The aircraft that shut the runway today was the BT67 (modernized DC3) and has been dropping water over the city for a couple of weeks. No idea why it popped a tyre but it is hot today 38'c, dodgy landing, wrong air pressure, mischievous spirits? If the plane was a DC-3 ot BT67, it's a tail dragger which explains two front tires. A tail dragger has the center of gravity behind the main wheels and thus the tendency to loop on landing, and thus the modern change to having the center of gravity ahead of the mains and then a nose wheel. A tail dragger is a bit like shooting an arrow backwards for stability. It's easy to see why, if it blows a front tire, the tail would want to pass the nose, putting it into what's called a ground loop. BT67 Edited March 20, 2015 by NeverSure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrens54 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) Many questions asked by members here, mine is what is a haze fighting mission? They've been dropping Mega-loads of water on the Bush fires. Singapore has also been generous enough to send a large Chopper and crew to assist, although I haven't seen any coverage of this on Thai TV News, which one would think might be appropriate as a way of showing our thanks to Singapore. Edited March 20, 2015 by Torrens54 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 The aircraft pictured is a Casa 212 used for cloud seeding. This is the aircraft that had brake failure and ran into the grass a couple of weeks ago. The aircraft that shut the runway today was the BT67 (modernized DC3) and has been dropping water over the city for a couple of weeks. No idea why it popped a tyre but it is hot today 38'c, dodgy landing, wrong air pressure, mischievous spirits? Thanks for the informative post. It is refreshing to see a positive, informative and civil post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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