rooster59 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Crash casts shadow over Children’s Day By THE SUNDAY NATION, AGENCIES THE NATIONWIDE Children’s Day celebration yesterday was marred by tragedy after a fighter jet plunged from the sky during a military air show in Songkhla province, killing the pilot. The accident happened at Wing 56 of Hat Yai airport in the southern province before hundreds of spectators, including many children, who watched a show organised by the Air Force as part of Children’s Day activities. The pilot of the Swedish-made JAS 39 Gripen jet was identified as Squadron Leader Dilokrit Pattawi, 34, from Wing 7 based in nearby Surat Thani province. Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30304142 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-01-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 RIP, and another sad chapter in the books of "Safety Thailand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 14 minutes ago, MaxLee said: RIP, and another sad chapter in the books of "Safety Thailand" Found the safety manual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Not too mention the fire truck over-turning on the tarmac, which pretty much shut down the airport for the day. It just seems like the Military could find better ways to show respect for "the children" one day if the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damo Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Agree'd, wouldn't sports of something healthy be a better outlet for enjoying the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Sad for the pilots family, sad for the children, dragged to yet another military-childrens da-parade!Maybe, they actually learned a lesson: being in the army might get you killed!Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 1 hour ago, mtls2005 said: Not too mention the fire truck over-turning on the tarmac, which pretty much shut down the airport for the day. It just seems like the Military could find better ways to show respect for "the children" one day if the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 /I don't get how the truck overturned? Speeding? Turned too fast? Thai driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 A troll post has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tominbkk Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Nice fireworks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Somtamnication said: /I don't get how the truck overturned? Speeding? Turned too fast? Thai driver? They hired a cheapa$$ overworked over abused driver..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biplanebluey Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Somtamnication said: /I don't get how the truck overturned? Speeding? Turned too fast? Thai driver? I just don't get it either.The bloody thing was being driven on a RUNWAY.---- I always thought they were smooth straight and long stretches .Don't think planes can go round corners on landings or t/o's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Children's Day is the PR shadow. The reasonable minds shadow is over Thai aviation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Was anybody there? How quickly did they get to the plane and paint over the tail insignia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 RIP for the pilot. Just for the record, these accidents do happen outside Thailand too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air_show_accidents_and_incidents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Somtamnication said: /I don't get how the truck overturned? Speeding? Turned too fast? Thai driver? All of the above! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debate101 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 That's weird. I thought it was the creepy and repressive military indoctrination of young children casting the shadow. The crash was just a highly unfortunate footnote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Didn't the plane have ejectable seats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 4 hours ago, Somtamnication said: /I don't get how the truck overturned? Speeding? Turned too fast? Thai driver? My money is on the last one. The rest are normal behaviour here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 RIP Thai pilot. but I am sure none of us are shocked at the truck turning over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Graham Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Did the driver flee the scene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 33 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: RIP Thai pilot. but I am sure none of us are shocked at the truck turning over. Well i guess the truck was full (maybe too full or not full enough) of water without having the tank divided by segments? So he took a sharp curve, all the water moved to one side and it went belly up. I hope they learn from that as well, this really shouldn't have happened. Well at least the kids could see how dangerous it is to drive/fly machines and how important proper training is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 RIP for the pilot. Just for the record, these accidents do happen outside Thailand too.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air_show_accidents_and_incidents Just for the record: that does not matter in any way!Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, fruitman said: Didn't the plane have ejectable seats? I expect that an investigation (if there is one) will reveal that the aeroplane hit the ground under control and with no structural/control/engine defect. I doubt the conclusions will be made public. Pilots who think that they have got it "nailed" do not usually eject. By the time they realise their mistake it is too late. The RTAF already know why it happened. Everyone will keep a polite, respectful silence. People will say nice things about him. Hopefully in the briefing rooms, behind closed doors, the film will be replayed and other pilots will learn from it. Edited January 15, 2017 by Enoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Enoon said: I expect that an investigation (if there is one) will reveal that the aeroplane hit the ground under control and with no structural/control/engine defect. I doubt the conclusions will be made public. Pilots who think that they have got it "nailed" do not usually eject. By the time they realise their mistake it is too late. The RTAF already know why it happened. Everyone will keep a polite, respectful silence. People will say nice things about him. Hopefully in the briefing rooms, behind closed doors, the film will be replayed and other pilots will learn from it. I agree with that. I've also had extensive flight training on microsoft simulator and most recently with aeroplane simulator for android. In which I flew a griphen fighter. To be honest, he went into a barrel roll and was coming up to an inverted loop when he mistimed his altitude and well, game over. To bad the guy was trained in Thailand and not in a first world country. Then he'd have looked like Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Oh well, they live and learn, they live and learn. Edited January 15, 2017 by Wilsonandson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonno1971 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I can't really comment. Playing Call Of Duty has only trained me as a Commando lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgent Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 could have been a lot worse he could have gone into a crowd of spectators RIP to the pilot and thoughts to his family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirasan Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 On some Thai news broadcast they said he was coming in to land and lost control. But I know nothing about aircraft I'm just letting you know what they're reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick220675 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 A day for children should be about fun and respect for children, not about the wonders and might of the Thai military. I was pleased to see our local police were filling balloon's with air for kids and had removed there guns, but the army were walking around with M16 rifles drinking cans of beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingdoc Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Slightly reminiscent of the Shoreham Air Show accident just over a year ago in the UK. . RIP the pilot! Neither reports are likely to be made public ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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