Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted January 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2020 Remember when the Germans once seized a certain pretty high profile () Thai government jetliner on the ground in Germany over nonpayment of a litigation judgment, as best as I recall. It would seem Thai aviation and Germany just don't get along so well... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterbilt Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Khun Paul said: Expensive, poor customer service, useless staff, any more ?? Add almost unedible food, cheap drinks and bad lounges in BKK. Unfortunately TG is the only carrier that flies nonstop from FRA to BKK. Yes, there's also Lufthansa, but they have a 2-2-2 abreast in their business class (thats why I call it premium eco). I insist on a single seat when flying intercontinental, so LH isn't an option for me despite much better catering and service (compared with TG, not other airlines!) Edited January 17, 2020 by Peterbilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Removed an off-topic post and the replies to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 And did the German aircraft controller advise him of this or was he making a cup of coffee ? Let's just wait & see the outcome. Too low approaches happen hundreds of tmes a day but surprised he was actually flying the aircraft at this time & not just observing the ILS system doing the approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 6 hours ago, NanLaew said: The inveterate Thai (and THAI) bashers are simply gonna love this thread so specially, just for you... Brake failure! Thank you for spelling 'brake' correctly. It's a complete break from TV convention???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAS21 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 2 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said: Thank you for spelling 'brake' correctly. It's a complete break from TV convention???? Surely it could’ve been either. He might have on his break and forgot to look what was happening.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Grusa Posted January 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2020 7 hours ago, tifino said: how did he manage to deflect the blame (to 'wind' ) if the accident killed him too? Was he yelling excuses to the passengers, before impact? Ok, you are correct. He did not deflect the blame, the investigating authorities did. In Thai culture it is unacceptable for a high-ranking person to take any blame: loss of face to the deceased, and the family. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damascase Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Read and shiver: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerN Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Grusa said: I knew a TG senior pilot, now thankfully deceased, who went on after retirement from TG to fly with other Thai airlines. He was a keen light aircraft pilot and owner. He was a likeable, but often also an arrogant, ignorant, and incompetent hiso <deleted>. He had many avoidable accidents in his and others' light aircraft. Blame was always deflected to weather, mechanics, or system failures, when in fact pilot stupidity was invariably the cause. The one that killed him (and seriously injured three passengers) was blamed on "wind". In fact the aircraft was overloaded, underpowered, and he was showing off at low altitude in the face of a mountain. Stupidity. Ah yes, the Thai blind spot. A much-fabled part of the broader but uniformly obnoxious Thai culture. Sometimes it's a bit of a challenge to understand why these people aren't more humble. After all, they've got such a lot to be humble about. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedemon Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Fore Man said: As a former aviator, I am sure that is probably exactly what happened. You do not fly into any major TCA...must always be under ILS approach guidance unless an emergency was declared requiring manual flight control. From what I have been (I believe reliably) told that is exactly what happened. There was a medical emergency onboard and they were given a priority landing by ATC using a different approach at higher altitude than planned which was outside the glide slope parameters. They needed to lose altitude quickly and unfortunately that resulted in a missed approach hence the subsequent go-around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Micro nap-no problem, we do it all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traubert Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 3 hours ago, thedemon said: From what I have been (I believe reliably) told that is exactly what happened. There was a medical emergency onboard and they were given a priority landing by ATC using a different approach at higher altitude than planned which was outside the glide slope parameters. They needed to lose altitude quickly and unfortunately that resulted in a missed approach hence the subsequent go-around. That's far too prosaic and also logical for all the Guillotine watchers on here. It MUST be a Thai pilot at fault. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 22 hours ago, 30la said: Microsleep again? It seems that it is truly a Thai disease! Happened to me just last month while I was driving. Nodded off for a second or two. Snapped out of it just in the nick of time! Scared the bejesus out of me! So, it really can happen to anybody. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 22 hours ago, nahkit said: Probably looking for a parking space. ....... and couldn't hear the guy with the whistle. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 5:42 AM, observer90210 said: Scary....are they trained by the toughest international standards ? ...or is the primary training on Flight Simulator V ? Food for thought. Quote from Wikipedia regarding the crash of flight TG311 from Bangkok to Kathmandu in 1992 ( yes, I know 27 years ago but) when the plane made a controlled flight into a mountainside whilst attempting to land:- Nepalese authorities found that the probable causes of the accident were the captain's and controller's loss of situational awareness; language and technical problems caused the captain to experience frustration and a high workload;[8] the first officer's lack of initiative and inconclusive answers to the captain's questions; the air traffic controller's inexperience, poor grasp of English, and reluctance to interfere with what he saw as piloting matters such as terrain separation; poor supervision of the inexperienced air traffic controller; Thai Airways International's failure to provide simulator training for the complex Kathmandu approach to its pilots; and improper use of the aircraft's flight management system.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Some off topic posts and replies have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 8:42 AM, NanLaew said: The inveterate Thai (and THAI) bashers are simply gonna love this thread so specially, just for you... Brake failure! The piston pull back spring was broken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncc1701d Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (I’m not going to get into what happened, but I will clarify a few too general or flat out incorrect statements that people have posted. “He was not using the auto-pilot ILS system which navigates and lands the aircraft for you” The ILS approach consists of ground equipment and aircraft equipment. The ground equipment has different levels of protection based on the type of approaches in use. When Low Vis Operations are in use, ATC will have different standards of separation between aircraft (even departing aircraft stopping near the rwy will be different), in order to ensure accurate transmissions are sent to the aircraft systems. The greater the requirement, the more restrictions are in place. This is only done when it is a legitimate LVO situation exists otherwise there will be more holding and less aircraft arriving and departing. So given the weather conditions on the day, it would have been a normal “CAT 1” ILS in use. This doesn’t mean to say that a full automatic landing can’t be carried out - it’s just that the signal can be more easily disrupted and aircraft systems will just follow them regardless (they will alert the pilot if the guidance is disrupted for too long - but the aircraft will generally go into an attitude stabilization mode and not magically save everyone). A CAT 1 autoland is probably more problematic than a CAT3B autoland (where ATC have complied with all the restrictions required to land in zero visibility), because the pilot has to do greater monitoring of system. ”you do not fly into any major TCA... must always be under ILS approach guidance unless an emergency was declared requiring manual control flight” Frankfurt 07R alone has two ILS approaches, two LOC / DME approaches, a VOR approach, 2 RNAV approaches and 2 GLS approaches. In fact, most major airports have similar - so I’m not sure what you’re talking about “must always be under ILS approach guidance”. not to mention visual approaches. There are legal requirements for pilot take off and Manual landing recency which must be met and therefore most landings are done manually. It’s a matter of pilot preference when the autopilot is disconnected. [paraphrased] Altitude and speed restrictions, MDA’s and glideslope intercept [/paraphrased] Every state has their own flight rules as to minimum altitudes, speeds etc. Descent into any USA airport it is a federal requirement not to exceed 250kts. (other than in an emergency). Most other airports have the restriction, however it can be requested to be lifted and high speed can be approved. Same for the 1,500’. MDA’s are not all 250’ AGL. HKG has a baro of 222’ for 07L/25R (both 200’ AGL) SVB 01L has a baro of 230 - 225’ AGL SVB 19R has a baro of 205’ - 200’ AGL and Frankfurt 07R has a baro of 528’ which is 200’ AGL anyway. In the following link, there is some further speculation as to what happened, but the most realistic so far would be this - he knows what he is talking about. “By busdriver on Tuesday, Jan 14th 2020 15:49Z This looks like they mucked up the energy management and then tried and failed to intercept from above, either manually but most likely via the automatics. A quick peek at the ADS-B data shows the following. They were 10,000ft abeam the runway (quite high if they were expecting radar vectors). They were on an intercept heading at 5,500ft at 12nm (putting them maybe 1000ft high - not the end of the world). At 10nm they were at 4000ft, still above the glideslope at approx 800ft high. At this point, VS increased to 2000fpm (not totally inappropriate given the intercept from above). Then at around 9nm it increased to a VERY inappropriate 3000fpm. In 3nm they dropped from 4000ft to 700ft. I'd guess something along the lines of they were flying the GS intercept from above technique without being established on the Localister so it never captured the glideslope passing it.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncc1701d Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (That should read 250 kts below 10,000’ on descent in USA is mandatory and can not be lifted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Some detail/discussions here and here...seems like it was a significant incident. The BFU investigation and report should be interesting. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1439109 https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thai-airways-royal-orchid-plus/2004157-tg-flight-serious-incident-frankfurt-too-low.html http://avherald.com/h?article=4d1e782d&opt=0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy John Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Nothing to worry about. He just forgot to tap the glass on the altimeter. Everyone knows to do that a few times during the flight......don't they? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 8:42 AM, NanLaew said: The inveterate Thai (and THAI) bashers are simply gonna love this thread so specially, just for you... Brake failure! There's so much to bash these days, I don't think many have the time for these smaller ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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