webfact Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Lights out and transport chaos as heavy rain hits Suvarnabhumi Airport Image: Sanook BANGKOK: -- "Swampy" lived up to its nickname on Wednesday night as heavy rains caused transport chaos for passengers wanting to get home. The area around the ground floor public taxi rank was inundated with water to a depth of up to 60 centimeters making it impossible for taxis to enter the area, reported Sanook. Passengers had to scramble up to the fourth floor to see if they could get a taxi with many waiting for up to three hours for a lift. Reporters on the scene observed that many taxi drivers refused to take Thai people preferring to take foreigners to their destinations. Cars and motorbikes were seen stranded on the ground floor as flood water swamped them. Some lights went out at the airport for about two minutes before emergency systems kicked into place. The storm occurred about 8.30 pm. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-08-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Nice to see that the taxi drivers were putting the interests of the tourists first................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubby johnson Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The genius of building a huge international airport on top of a swamp. Get that sinking feeling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tominbkk Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 1 hour ago, webfact said: many taxi drivers refused to take Thai people preferring to take foreigners to their destinations. Taxi drivers had a choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatproblem Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 First class airport ! Thais should be proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 'Reporters on the scene observed that many taxi drivers refused to take Thai people preferring to take foreigners to their destinations.' And the police and/or airport authorities were diligently taking the number of all those taxis and arresting the drivers for refusing fares, and banning them from the airport in future? That's what they always say they would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namplik Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yesterday's news ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Srikcir said: Taxi drivers had a choice? i thought they were not supposed to reject any passenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 could they not have directed that the tax pick up to operate from the departure level. passengers could have been informed accordingly and taxis could have easily entered that "temporary" pick up point until the waters had subsided sufficiently to operate from the existing taxi point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The famous Thai "planning" strikes again! You would think when you invest billions in a new National airport you put the first floor higher than any possible flooding level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The word planning does not exist in Thailand, does it?Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf99 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 BKK has the tallest control tower of any airport in the world..... as the saying goes - first to know its raining but last to know there is a flood.... You can read the history of the airport on WiKi... first drained of water in 1973......! And they still don't have enough toilets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 ...wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMA_FARANG Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) I know. My 5th floor apatment looks in that general direction, and it was a heavy thunderstom with torrential rain for a good hour at least. A lot of waer all at once. As I look out in tht direction tonight there is lighming there now. That seems to be the area the storms like in Bangkok this week. 3 days in a row, but last night was the worst. Edited August 25, 2016 by IMA_FARANG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 5 hours ago, petermik said: Nice to see that the taxi drivers were putting the interests of the tourists first................. You're sarcastic, are you They think it's easier to make some illegal money with foreigners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 this makes it all feel better: a bit of harmony in the air for once, no rain, no chaos https://youtu.be/mOBQXuu_5Zw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangutang Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 It sounds like an electric shock problem waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bredbury Blue Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) In fairness to the airport, it was a big storm with heavy downpour and it rained all night. Lots of the areas around were flooded and even this evening water in ocal khlongs is edging over the brim of the khlong. Don't think it had anything at all to do with Swampy being unable to cope with flooding (during the massive national flood a few years back, areas around were flooded but not the airport). Edited August 25, 2016 by Bredbury Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingalfred Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, petermik said: Nice to see that the taxi drivers were putting the interests of the tourists first................. Metred ? Haha Edited August 25, 2016 by kingalfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 15 hours ago, petermik said: Nice to see that the taxi drivers were putting the interests of the tourists first................. 10 hours ago, sweatalot said: You're sarcastic, are you They think it's easier to make some illegal money with foreigners 9 hours ago, kingalfred said: Metred ? Haha 10 hours ago, sweatalot said: 10 hours ago, sweatalot said: I replied to a statement on TVF that foreigners were given special consideration by taxi drivers regarding the flooding at Swampy,any other insinuations that posters on here assume are entirely facetious Taxi drivers at Suvarnabhumi airport.....take a bow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 52 minutes ago, petermik said: I replied to a statement on TVF that foreigners were given special consideration by taxi drivers regarding the flooding at Swampy,any other insinuations that posters on here assume are entirely facetious Taxi drivers at Suvarnabhumi airport.....take a bow Bad, bad, bad very very very bad man lol ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 16 hours ago, petermik said: Nice to see that the taxi drivers were putting the interests of the tourists first................. Tourists tip, Thais, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 3 hours ago, Ulic said: Tourists tip, Thais, not so much. Also thai,s know how much the correct fare should be,many of the tourists don,t............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 22 hours ago, tubby johnson said: The genius of building a huge international airport on top of a swamp. Get that sinking feeling? Runways are a perfect use for filled swamp land. Perfectly fine over 99% of the time, and when they flood, wait an hour or two and start flying again. Try reopening a mall, a theater or a hotel after it's been filled with water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubby johnson Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 On 8/26/2016 at 1:01 PM, impulse said: Runways are a perfect use for filled swamp land. Perfectly fine over 99% of the time, and when they flood, wait an hour or two and start flying again. Try reopening a mall, a theater or a hotel after it's been filled with water. Try reopening an airport terminal after it's been filled with water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Need to invite that Oak Island crew to drain the swamp and look for Japanese WWII gold under the terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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