Thai Plane Crash Aftermath
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Additional fire and rescue from the town of Phuket arrived 30 minutes later. Their slower than normal response was due to the ATC radio call to for help from town that an aircraft that had “slid” off the runway rather than declaring an emergency situation
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Rescue vehicles were unable to cross this ditch, though they could have entered at either end of the runway. None did. Survivors complained that only a single ambulance arrived, and forced the healthy into the vehicle, leaving behind trapped and injured.
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When an airport has a reduction in fire or rescue capacity, ATC is required to notify incoming traffic of the reduction, but no notification was made.Hampering rescue efforts was a six-foot ditch beside and parallel to runway 27 running the length of the runway.
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Passengers and crew of OG269 received little benefit from fire and rescue services. On the day of the crash, Phuket Airport did not meet the requirements of fire and rescue protection required by international standards, the foam and water in the trucks used three days earlier in a training exercise and had not been restocked.
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i didn't see or hear any fire engines or ambulances responding to the scene. They should be there by that time.
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NO SHOES ARE ALLOWED DOWN THE ESCAPE SLIDE!
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@Mr47driver The impact is so severe it throws their shoes off their feet :o(
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How come people always lose their shoes when shit crashes?
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a BA Cityflyer MD-82
everyone stop bitching and arguing over what it is who it was made by i couldnt care less if im honest! i care for the people who died in the plane crash and one of the people was like the sister i never had. and our family are still grieving for her.
chloeandrews1 9 months ago 7
It happened on september 16th. The One-Two-Go Airlines flight was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew members from the capital Bangkok to Phuket when the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 skidded off the runway in driving wind and rain. It then ran through a low retaining wall and split in two, killing 90 people, including 54 foreign tourists. Wind shear - the rapid change in wind speed which can impact takeoffs and landings — was a possible cause of the accident.
waccchin 4 years ago 5