Jet fighter skids off runway in Korat



BANGKOK: -- A F16 jet fighter skidded off runway while the pilot was testing its engine before a routine training flight at the Air Force's First Wing airbase in Nakhon Ratchasima province yesterday afternoon.

The jet fighter ran out into the runway unexpectedly while the pilot was still in the seat.

But as the plane skidded and ploughed into the taxiway, the pilot managed to ejected the seat out in time before it would flip over and rest on the ditch by the side of the taxiway.

The pilot was unhurt.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/jet-fighter-skids-off-runway-in-korat


-- Thai PBS 2015-06-25

"The jet fighter ran out into the runway unexpectedly", don't you just hate it when they do that!

Brake failure is SO common in Thailand

Take it down to Somsak's panel shop he will have it back on the run way in no time.

The last one that crashed the pilot didnt have time to eject.

Brake failure is SO common in Thailand

Could do with a reserve brake, something I saw on TV once. They had a panel cut out on the drivers side floor, so the driver could use his feet as an extra brake. Usually accompanied by some amusing squeaky sound and boistrous shouting "yabba dabba doo"

The pilot, who was unhurt, fled the scene and is being hunted by military authorities.

The pilot, who was unhurt, fled the scene and is being hunted by military authorities.

They found him in the local Karaoke drunk.

I live right under their flight path in Korat, for take off & landing.

They frighten the SH!T out of me. Watching them drive on the road is bad enough

not to mention the shopping trollies in Tesco.

the pilot was testing its engine

It appears the engine worked perfectly.

the pilot was testing its engine

It appears the engine worked perfectly.

And the ejection seat ....

The pilot, who was unhurt, fled the scene and is being hunted by military authorities.

Last seen applying for a job at THAI.

Looking at the photos, looks like a very old decrepid plane to me.

Reach for the gaffer-tape !

Amazing they haven't painted over the RTAF and Thai flag with black paint yet?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24012344

Looking at the photos, looks like a very old decrepid plane to me.

I have to agree ,looks like it hasn't been used for quite some time

Looking at the photos, looks like a very old decrepid plane to me.

I have to agree ,looks like it hasn't been used for quite some time

Its not an old plane

That's the new camouflage paint scheme

Now they can hide the planes in ditches

Just incase the bank wants to repo it

The pilot, who was unhurt, fled the scene and is being hunted by military authorities.

They found him in the local Karaoke drunk.

Refusing to pay his 20000 Baht bar tab

Who says we don't have a sense of humour

I've always like the idea of Air Force trained professionals flying passenger aircraft after they leave the service, here in Thailand I'm not so sure.

Memo :When testing Trustpower, before applying thrust power check park brake is applied, If in doubt don't power up .Always X-cross check before this procedure.

the pilot was testing its engine

It appears the engine worked perfectly.

The brakes....not so much lol

That damn "unexpected" factor again !!

It can get you killed unexpectedly !!

It would be funny if it wasn't so serious ..

Maybe they should put ekection seats in cars in Thailand------probably save a lot of lived.

PS: what do you call a 25 year old Thai motor bike driver--------//Luckey

If the way these people drive their motorbikes and cars is anything to go by this doesn't surprise me in the least.

Looking at the photos, looks like a very old decrepid plane to me.

That's because it's lying in a ditch with a broken nose feeling sorry for itself.

Air force types use the term "ditched the plane" when there's a major problem, in this case the pilot followed procedure correctly.

Anyway, I am sure the RTAF can dig up a few more operable units.

The pilot, who was unhurt, fled the scene and is being hunted by military authorities.

That is the funniest thing I have read in a very long time!! Even funnier when you envision the pilot jumping out of the ejection seat and running across the rice field...

Looking at the photos, looks like a very old decrepid plane to me.

I have to agree ,looks like it hasn't been used for quite some time

Agree - look like something from a Scrapyard or War museum ...

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