CHIANG MAI, Feb 17 – Haze pollution covering parts of Thailand’s northern provinces is worrisome, with the particulate dust particle level rising over the safety standard with airports needing to turn on runways light to increase visibility for aircraft taking off and landing. Supeera Laddachayaporn, head of the local environmental quality surveillance unit in Lampang, […]
BANGKOK, Nov 17 – The Airports of Thailand (AoT) on Thursday said an estimated Bt1 billion is needed for the restoration of submerged Bangkok Don Mueang Airport. AoT President Anirut Thanomkulbutra said the airport authority will begin restoration of the western part of the flooded runway first as it will be used for take-off and […]
Sydney – A Sydney-bound Qantas Airways Boeing 747 returned to Bangkok after the pilot shut down one engine following what the Australian carrier described as a “bang.” Sunday’s Q52 flight, which had 356 passengers aboard, landed safely in Bangkok about an hour after take-off, a Qantas spokesman said Monday. Read more: The Nation
The Thai army’s 350 million baht surveillance airship made an emergency landing in Pattani yesterday due to technical problems with the aircraft’s propellers. The accident occurred shortly after the controversial airship left the airport of the 15th Infantry Division in Pattani’s Nong Chik district on a patrol mission around 11am yesterday. Read more: Bangkok Post
UDON THANI, July 27 – A Royal Thai Air Force ‘Huey’ helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in a rice field in the northeastern province of Udon Thani, apparently due to engine problems, but was able to fly again after three hours of repairs. Villagers at Phen district told reporters that they heard […]
A Thai Airways International flight bound for Phuket was forced to return to Bangkok on Tuesday after failing to land at Phuket International Airport due to bad weather. TG flight 201, which was full, left Suvarnabhumi Airport at 8.30am and was scheduled to land at Phuket 9.20am. However, faced with heavy rains just before the […]
Damage assessments are underway in the three provinces before restoration follows, an official DPMD update said. Trains are running down to Chiya Station in hardhit Surat Thani, as are buses from Nakhon Si Thammarat to Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district. Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport opened yesterday after repairs to landing systems, the runway and taxiway lighting […]
Worried residents and tourists stayed indoors as low pressure area in southern Thailand has prolonged the unusually heavy rainfall in the tourist island. At 1.55pm, Bangkok Airways flight PG 103 took off from Suvarnabhumi International with passengers bound for Samui but was not able to land and had return back to Bangkok. Strong winds have […]
