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Old 18-09-2007, 23:26
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Wind detection systems down during deadly Thai crash

Strangley I haven't seen this in the Thai media

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Half of the airport systems used to detect rapid changes in winds weren't working at the time of a deadly crash in southern Thailand, a government official said Tuesday.

Investigators are still working to determine the cause Sunday's crash at the airport on the resort island of Phuket.

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Investigators have said wind shear — a sudden change in wind speed or wind direction in an airplane's flight path — could be a cause for the crash, which occurred in a heavy rain storm.

"Three out of six low-level wind shear alert systems were not working at the time," said Vuttichai Singhamanee, a director at the Transport Ministry's Aviation Authority Department.

Wind detection systems down during deadly Thai crash

I won't be surprised if they find they put in a request to Bangkok for repairs but hadn't had the budget approved yet.
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