rooster59 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Air Force helicopter went missing over mountains in ChanthaburiBANGKOK: A Royal Thai Air Force helicopter with three crews on board went missing as it was flying over Khao Chamao and Khao Wongkot in Chanthaburi province Saturday afternoon. The chopper disappeared from the radar and lost contact with its base at about 2 pm prompting the RTAF to launch search and rescue operations which lasted about four hours until 6 pm when rains started rendering the operations impossible.Search will resume on Sunday morning with help from the Royal Thai Navy as the area where the chopper was suspected to have crashed is under the jurisdiction of the Marines.RTAF spokesman Air Vice Marshal Pongsak Semachai said that the helicopter was attached to 2034 air wing at Don Meuang and it was on a resupplying mission in Chanthaburi province.The three missing officers were identified as Squadron Leader Pasit Techasen, Captain Alongkorn Chankrachang, both pilots, and Sgt-Maj Visut Puttharaksa, the mechanic. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/air-force-helicopter-went-missing-mountains- chanthaburi/ -- Thai PBS 2016-06-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soihok Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Oh dear. Hope they are OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhream Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 CFIT RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bung Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Quick! Get all the top air force commanders out there and have a ceremony in the jungle to appease the bad spirits that brought them down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I'd be really interested to see a comparison between nations as to how many of their helos and planes crash, It seems to me that Thailand crashes way more than it's fair share. Mountain... fly... over...not... into... W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exbikey Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Hope the crew are safe. But...maybe the choppers brakes failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhream Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) Dear Journalist person, The plural of individual crew is crew. The plural for a group of people sub divided into crews (for each aircraft) is crews. Crew is not a singular. It describes two or more crewmembers. It reads like this: The aircraft and its crew. That's one aircraft and one crew (of more than one person). Or The aircraft and their crews. That's more than one aircraft and more than one crew. God I'm bored Today! Edited June 26, 2016 by dhream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) Dear Journalist person, The plural of individual crew is crew. The plural for a group of people sub divided into crews (for each aircraft) is crews. Crew is not a singular. It describes two or more crewmembers. It reads like this: The aircraft and its crew. That's one aircraft and one crew (of more than one person). Or The aircraft and their crews. That's more than one aircraft and more than one crew. God I'm bored Today! Wouldn't it actually be 'the aircrafts' and crew'? Edited June 26, 2016 by Reigntax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 ....sorry but it seems quite obvious what happened.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 "Air force helicopter went missing" means that it 'went' missing but is now found. Should read "Air force Helicopter" is missing, if it is not found or has returned to base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) Edited June 26, 2016 by Wilsonandson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Hope they are alright. Not the best time of year for helicopters in Thailand: July 201119 July: A Royal Thai Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed killing 9 people. The chopper had been sent out to recover five bodies of victims of another helicopter, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois, that had crashed two days before while looking for illegal loggers over the Tenasserim Hills in the area between Myanmar and Thailand near Phetchaburi.[91] A third helicopter, a Bell 212, also crashed in the same area on Sunday. 25 July: A few miles further east close to the Kaeng Krachan reservoir killing three.[92][93] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(2010%E2%80%93present) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusd Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) They seem to spend a lot of money on uniforms ceremonies and wasting on aircraft carriers that can do nothing. Why not improve what they do use to at least a safe level. Yes too many accidents and not caring about safety in all matters thai related Edited June 26, 2016 by marcusd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnychow Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I'd be really interested to see a comparison between nations as to how many of their helos and planes crash, It seems to me that Thailand crashes way more than it's fair share. Mountain... fly... over...not... into... W Go and have a look at the number of fatal chopper crashes in the north sea over the last few years and come back and share your new found expertise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I hope they weren't trying to fly at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Latest:- Officers found a man waving a white cloth on the mountain for help . Suspected pilot of the Air Force. From Khaosod news and Spring News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomangosteen Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 ^ Halloween, as article states, 2pm Thai tv news at 3:30pm has report of a survivor being spotted by a search helicopter this afternoon, but believe that when it's confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Quick! Get all the top air force commanders out there and have a ceremony in the jungle to appease the bad spirits that brought them down! 'Interesting' how some people seem to consider unfortunate events like this amusing. 3 lives have likely been lost and its not something I will be laughing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I'd be really interested to see a comparison between nations as to how many of their helos and planes crash, It seems to me that Thailand crashes way more than it's fair share. Mountain... fly... over...not... into... W Go and have a look at the number of fatal chopper crashes in the north sea over the last few years and come back and share your new found expertise I guess you didn't read the first line then... Winnie Trust. But verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Quick! Get all the top air force commanders out there and have a ceremony in the jungle to appease the bad spirits that brought them down! 'Interesting' how some people seem to consider unfortunate events like this amusing. 3 lives have likely been lost and its not something I will be laughing about. I don't thinbk I've seen any posts where people are laughing about 3 deaths, that would be bizarre indeed. But. Assuming for a moment, that some people are laughing about something else, what do you think it would be? Winnie Trust. But verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnychow Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I'd be really interested to see a comparison between nations as to how many of their helos and planes crash, It seems to me that Thailand crashes way more than it's fair share. Mountain... fly... over...not... into... W Go and have a look at the number of fatal chopper crashes in the north sea over the last few years and come back and share your new found expertise I guess you didn't read the first line then... Winnie Trust. But verify. Yes i did, but you had already drawn your conclusion on the basis of absolutely nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon467848 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 One of my neighbors is chopper pilot with the RTP. He told me most of the helo fleet is from the 70's. Small wonder they are commonly falling from the skies.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I'd be really interested to see a comparison between nations as to how many of their helos and planes crash, It seems to me that Thailand crashes way more than it's fair share. Mountain... fly... over...not... into... W Go and have a look at the number of fatal chopper crashes in the north sea over the last few years and come back and share your new found expertise I guess you didn't read the first line then... Winnie Trust. But verify. Yes i did, but you had already drawn your conclusion on the basis of absolutely nothing Mindreading..OK. You have no idea what I was thinking or what I concluded. Still, if it pleases you to think you did... W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhream Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Dear Journalist person, The plural of individual crew is crew. The plural for a group of people sub divided into crews (for each aircraft) is crews. Crew is not a singular. It describes two or more crewmembers. It reads like this: The aircraft and its crew. That's one aircraft and one crew (of more than one person). Or The aircraft and their crews. That's more than one aircraft and more than one crew. God I'm bored Today! Wouldn't it actually be 'the aircrafts' and crew'?No never. No matter what the media print. They're wrong. But what's new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Dear Journalist person, The plural of individual crew is crew. The plural for a group of people sub divided into crews (for each aircraft) is crews. Crew is not a singular. It describes two or more crewmembers. It reads like this: The aircraft and its crew. That's one aircraft and one crew (of more than one person). Or The aircraft and their crews. That's more than one aircraft and more than one crew. God I'm bored Today! Here's the contact details for Thai PBS: http://www2.thaipbs.or.th/contact.php Please contact them and explain to them the shortcomings you found in their report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Search resumes for missing helicopter and three crew membersCHANTABURI: -- Search resumed Sunday morning for three missing crews of an Air Force helicopter which went missing from the radar Saturday afternoon while it was flying over mountains in Chanthaburi province to deliver supplies to a mountain-top radar station.About 300 men from the army, marines, forestry officials were involved in the search and rescue mission after the attempt on Saturday was called off in the evening as darkness loomed and rain turned heavy.It was suspected that the chopper might have crashed into Hill 800, a densely forested mountain about 800 metres above mean sea level called Pha Klong Song by local villagers.The three missing crews are Squadron Leader Pasit Techasen, the pilot, Captain Alongkorn Chankrachang, the co-pilot and a mechanic, Sgt-Maj Visut Puttharaksa.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/search-resumes-missing-helicopter-three-crew-members/ -- Thai PBS 2016-06-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Helicopters are dangerous anyway. They work on a clutch system same as a car. Trouble is if a car's clutch fails you can pull t the side of the road, if the same happens in a helicopter you drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 A nonsense post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Helicopters are dangerous anyway. They work on a clutch system same as a car. Trouble is if a car's clutch fails you can pull t the side of the road, if the same happens in a helicopter you drop Fixed wing aircraft are dangerous anyway. The engines provide thrust same as a car. Trouble is if a car's engine fails you can pull it to the side of the road, if the same happens on a fixed wing aircraft yo drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomangosteen Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 28 June 2016 An Air Force helicopter that disappeared Saturday was found in the Khao Chamao-Khao Wong National Park Tuesday morning. All the three crew members were killed in the crash, a senior Air Force officer said. ACM Sutthipong Inseeyong, director of the Air Operation Control Directorate who headed the search mission, said the two pilots and a mechanic for the helicopter were all killed. The UH-1H Huey lost contact over the Khao Chamao-Khao Wong National Park that straddles Rayong and Chanthaburi provinces. The chopper was en route to provide supplies to an Air Force radar station. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Missing-helicopter-found-crashed-three-killed-30289291.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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