sayjann Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=482372&in_page_id=1770 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 there is no guarantee that any Airline will not be involved in a crash due to various reasons.no guarantee that because it has a 'bigger' name,'bigger' reputation and costs more money that it is safer. Definitely.. The Qantas incident at BKK in 1999 could have been much worse. As it was, they paid over the odds to repair the plane and kept their myth intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 There is more to that than that!! My friend was the captain on that flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 There is more to that than that!!My friend was the captain on that flight Please explain/expand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidflux Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=121799 Chalit calls for end to air accident criticism Thai Air Force Commander-in-Chief ACM Chalit Pukbhasuk on Tuesday called on parties not involved in the probe of the One-Two-Go aircraft tragedy at Phuket International Airport to end their criticism, saying their action would do more harm than good to the country's image. He said investigators had not yet been able to determine the cause of the disaster. Marshal Chalit said they required more time to determine the actual cause of Sunday's air crash, because such incidents normally occur due to many factors. Regarding criticism of the safety standards of the airport, which could undermine public confidence among other airlines, he said that the investigation had not yet found whether the airport's environment is one of the factors that caused the accident. Asked to comment on foreign media criticism that pilots should not land the plane when they are awareness that their vision is poor, Marshal Chalit said what had happened at that time is something that no one knew about when it was happening. He added that no pilot wished to take unwarranted risks because they all had families to care for like other people. "They must attempt to their best to save the plane at that time. But an accident can occur any time if the environment is poor," he said. "No one knows exactly what is the real cause of the accident at present. I want parties not involved in the investigation to stop criticism because it is not good for Thailand's image," Marshal Chalit said. (TNA) I think the last paragraph pretty much says it all. Shows you where the priorities are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 In www.airliners.net somebody told the pilot had been asking a permission to return to Don Muang but it was not accepted by the company. If that's true it's very alarming, the company tried to save money and risk so many lives. Also according to anonymous One-Two-Go Pilot the both pilots in the accident plane had been on duty 30 hours during the last 48 hours and had 19 fly hours. The disaster flight was 3rd of the six flights scheduled for them on that day and the next day they were also scheduled to fly six flights. According to him One-Two-Go disregards duty and flight time limitations, required maintenance checks and weather minima. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 And the ATCs say they warned the pilot off. Let the blame game begin. And of course the pilot will get the brunt of it, especially since he was not Thai (but Indonesian). Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 and easy to blame the dead. no oppurtunity to defend yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 There is more to that than that!!My friend was the captain on that flight Please explain/expand... He can't......it would take more than one or two sentences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 I've read that the captain was indonesian, but if that had any effect on the accident I don't know as I think all conversation is in english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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