Phuket Air plane prangs

[aussie dollar]

Phuket Air plane prangs perimeter fence

TAK (The Nation): A Phuket Air plane from Bangkok skidded off the runway at Tak Airport shortly after 9 am yesterday during landing. None of the 30 passengers on board were injured.

The decades-old Japanese YS-11 twin-turboprop aircraft with a 64-seat capacity barreled into the airport’s perimeter fence. The starboard wing and propeller were damaged in the accident.

Immediately after the plane came to a halt, the two pilots reportedly broke a cockpit window and jumped out, then rushed back to open the aircraft’s doors to allow passengers and cabin crew to escape.

Capt Chawanit Chiamcharoenvut, Executive Vice President of Phuket Air, said, “The rain might have affected the plane’s braking system,” he said. “The aircraft stopped 10 meters farther from where it should have stopped.”

But a passenger had a different story. “If you ask me, the plane should have touched do wn at the beginning of the runway rather than around the middle,” said Senator Udon Tantisunthorn, who was on board.

Tak Airport Chief Prongsak Phanmit said experts from the Thai Department of Aviation would inspect the site today and determine the cause of the accident.

Brought to you by:
The Phuket Gazette
18:35 local time (GMT +7)

[steve@thaib]

They are starting to look like a major accident waiting to happen.

[LivinLOS]

thats the second prop plane skidding off the runway in 2 weeks isnt it ?? Last week one in Mae Hon Song or Mae Sot ???

Madness 2 minor crashes in 2 weeks !!!!

[Captain]

I think it is the same story. Same passenger senator on board and pilots jumping through cockpit window (again) would be too much of a coincidence.

[LivinLOS]

OK.. I was sure the other was a Mae ??? something though this is Tak.. And this news appeared on gazette yesterday indicating a 9am 'yesterday' date.. The other was last week at least..

Probably just crossed wires..

[aussie dollar]

Believe it is the second in a week

Posted Thursday, 15 September 2005, 20: 57

Phuket Air did it again, less than a week after the former incident! A Phuket Air plane fromBangkok skidded off the runway at Tak Airport shortly after 9 am yesterday during landing. None
of the 30 passengers on board - luckily - were injured. The decades-old Japanese YS-11
twin-turboprop aircraft with a 64-seat capacity barreled into the airport’s perimeter fence. The
starboard wing and propeller were damaged in the accident. Immediately after the plane came to a
halt, the two pilots reportedly broke a cockpit window and jumped out, then rushed back to open
the aircraft’s doors to allow passengers and cabin crew to escape. Capt Chawanit
Chiamcharoenvut, Executive Vice President of Phuket Air, said, "The rain might have affected the
plane’s braking system. The aircraft stopped 10 meters farther from where it should have
stopped." But a passenger had a different story. "If you ask me, the plane should have touched
down at the beginning of the runway rather than around the middle,".

We seriously wonder how long the flying circus of Phuket Air will be allowed to go on with its
performance. Do the authorities in Thailand really wait until people have died, before they stop
this embarrassing performance? And - on the other hand - we wonder what people still buy tickets
from Phuket's flying circus!

[Expat]

As they don't even fly to Phuket I don't understand why anyone , important, hasn't thought to protest against them use the name.
Phuket does not need this kind of constant bad press just before the first post tsunami high season
How about " RISK AIR" or " THRILLS AIR" as an alternative name.