Royal Plaza Hotel collapse victims remembered 24 years on

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Hotel collapse victims remembered 24 years on

By Kasem Chanathinat 
The Nation

 

File photo : Royal Plaza Hotel , Nakhon Ratchasima

 

KORAT: -- Survivors of the Royal Plaza Hotel tragedy came together on Sunday to make merit to those who died during the collapse of the building 24 years ago.

Most of the victims were government teachers attending a seminar at the hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima on August 13, 1993. 

The collapse killed 137 people and injured 300. 

 

“I still remember vividly what happened that day,” said Chavalit Tantaseraneewat, a former inspector general with the General Education Department. 

 

Chavalit, who lost his right leg in the incident, blames substandard construction for the collapse. 

 

“I hope hotel operators and construction-supervising engineers will all work hard and strictly uphold their ethics so that no such tragedy ever takes place again,” he said. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30323678

 

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[ChrisY1]

I'm sure there are many other buildings here just balancing on luck alone!

[masuk]

Was an Inquiry held to find the cause of the tragedy?

It's the first I've read of this building collapse and horrified of the death toll.

[AhFarangJa]

45 minutes ago, masuk said:

Was an Inquiry held to find the cause of the tragedy?

It's the first I've read of this building collapse and horrified of the death toll.

Try Here....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Royal_Plaza_Hotel

[Sydebolle]

Chavalit Tantaseraneewat, who lost his right leg in the incident, blames substandard construction for the collapse. 

What a load of crap. I stayed at that hotel many times and the reason for the collapse were three huge water tanks of 50'000 litres on the roof of the building which were added later on, without building permit and the initial structure was never planned to carry those 150 extra tons.

In addition the owner had decided to take out supporting posts in the coffee shop on the ground floor, so coffee shop diners had a better view to the stage, where nightly some upcountry pretties were screeching their songs into far too strong amplifiers. 

The crash happened mid morning and the number of deaths and injured would have been much higher if the accident would have happened at 10.30 pm, and not at 10.30 am. 

The story disappeared from the news next day or two, nobody ever knew if and what happened to the real culprits of the man made disaster - like so many other comparable cases in Thailand. 

Chavalit Tantaseraneewat, who lost his right leg in the incident, blames substandard construction for the collapse. 

What a load of crap. I stayed at that hotel many times and the reason for the collapse were three huge water tanks of 50'000 litres on the roof of the building which were added later on, without building permit and the initial structure was never planned to carry those 150 extra tons.

In addition the owner had decided to take out supporting posts in the coffee shop on the ground floor, so coffee shop diners had a better view to the stage, where nightly some upcountry pretties were screeching their songs into far too strong amplifiers. 

The crash happened mid morning and the number of deaths and injured would have been much higher if the accident would have happened at 10.30 pm, and not at 10.30 am. 

The story disappeared from the news next day or two, nobody ever knew if and what happened to the real culprits of the man made disaster - like so many other comparable cases in Thailand. 

[Nord X]

1 hour ago, Sydebolle said:

Chavalit Tantaseraneewat, who lost his right leg in the incident, blames substandard construction for the collapse. 

What a load of crap. I stayed at that hotel many times and the reason for the collapse were three huge water tanks of 50'000 litres on the roof of the building which were added later on, without building permit and the initial structure was never planned to carry those 150 extra tons.

In addition the owner had decided to take out supporting posts in the coffee shop on the ground floor, so coffee shop diners had a better view to the stage, where nightly some upcountry pretties were screeching their songs into far too strong amplifiers. 

The crash happened mid morning and the number of deaths and injured would have been much higher if the accident would have happened at 10.30 pm, and not at 10.30 am. 

The story disappeared from the news next day or two, nobody ever knew if and what happened to the real culprits of the man made disaster - like so many other comparable cases in Thailand. 

Chavalit Tantaseraneewat, who lost his right leg in the incident, blames substandard construction for the collapse. 

What a load of crap. I stayed at that hotel many times and the reason for the collapse were three huge water tanks of 50'000 litres on the roof of the building which were added later on, without building permit and the initial structure was never planned to carry those 150 extra tons.

In addition the owner had decided to take out supporting posts in the coffee shop on the ground floor, so coffee shop diners had a better view to the stage, where nightly some upcountry pretties were screeching their songs into far too strong amplifiers. 

The crash happened mid morning and the number of deaths and injured would have been much higher if the accident would have happened at 10.30 pm, and not at 10.30 am. 

The story disappeared from the news next day or two, nobody ever knew if and what happened to the real culprits of the man made disaster - like so many other comparable cases in Thailand. 

So it was nothing to do with the 3 extra floors they added?

[Jonmarleesco]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Chavalit, who lost his right leg in the incident, blames substandard construction for the collapse.

Little has changed. Including any concept of the ethics he mentions.