webfact Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Khon Kaen's "python flying circus" - it's no laughing matter! Picture: Thairath KHON KAEN: -- Khon Kaen airport has stepped up security after a commercial airliner went over a two meter long python on the runway. Since the incident the airport have been closely checking the busy runway from 6am to 10pm looking for snakes and other animals who might fancy a bit of sunbathing on the tarmac, reports Thairath. The airport said that there was no danger to the flying public but they wanted to make sure that everything was being done according to the regulations. The errant python was squashed dead under the wheels of a plane that had just landed and was taxiing to the gate towards the end of November. The pilot immediately reported the incident but it has only just come to light. Officials are out on the runway at least four times a day now checking that critters from the extensive nature nearby have not overstepped the mark. The airport has 36 commercial flights a day as well as private, training and military flights. Source: Thairath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-12-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Great Photo ........I guess there's a dead python somewhere. Excellent pointing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 10 minutes ago, PatOngo said: Great Photo ........I guess there's a dead python somewhere. Excellent pointing! Great photo, but terrible headline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 1 hour ago, PatOngo said: Great Photo ........I guess there's a dead python somewhere. Excellent pointing! What are the three others doing there, just trying to muscle in on other peoples' moment of fame ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Security has been stepped up so does that mean ID card checks and the like ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Looks for all the world like a poorly attended limp wristed fascist dawn rally!Who forgot the flaming torches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Rumours are that it was a 'Burmese' python. I can well believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtco Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 "The airport said that there was no danger to the flying public but they wanted to make sure that everything was being done according to the regulations" ... and they state ... 1. At no time is a python allowed on or near the runway at anytime. 2. If for some reason a python does get on the runway in no way should it be allowed to get itself crushed by a plane. 3. Following any incident the likes of the above regular checks should be made of the runway to ensure no pythons are a threat to passenger safety. 4. During these checks: 4a. Any python found on or near the runway shall surrender themselves to the airport authorities. 4b. It is obligatory to enter into the classic pointing pose for the sake of the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Pointing at dawn , best point of the year , not enough pointing of late , disappointing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 3 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said: What are the three others doing there, just trying to muscle in on other peoples' moment of fame ? What are the three others doing there...? They just don't get the point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avander Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 5 hours ago, PatOngo said: Great Photo ........I guess there's a dead python somewhere. Excellent pointing! I thought it was an early morning Thai Chi class.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 4 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said: What are the three others doing there, just trying to muscle in on other peoples' moment of fame ? They just didn't get the pointing thing, maybe they will learn in time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 2 hours ago, rtco said: "The airport said that there was no danger to the flying public but they wanted to make sure that everything was being done according to the regulations" ... and they state ... 1. At no time is a python allowed on or near the runway at anytime. 2. If for some reason a python does get on the runway in no way should it be allowed to get itself crushed by a plane. 3. Following any incident the likes of the above regular checks should be made of the runway to ensure no pythons are a threat to passenger safety. 4. During these checks: 4a. Any python found on or near the runway shall surrender themselves to the airport authorities. 4b. It is obligatory to enter into the classic pointing pose for the sake of the camera. There is an additional regulation that concerns goats on the runway: 1. Goats should at all times be accompanied by a member of the airport security staff. 2. If a goat is spotted by itself and nearby a Python, the python should immediately be removed and the goat leashed. 3. A Goat that is designated "Goatee" can be allowed to stroll around, but only outside the runway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 They might look inside the plane also.....might find a few "snakes" in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 7 hours ago, Bluespunk said: Great photo, but terrible headline. With all those "officials" on the runway the next headline may be a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guest Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 6 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said: Security has been stepped up so does that mean ID card checks and the like ? What you mean for the Python aswell ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 A python? Fortunately it wasn't an elephant. Now that would have been newsworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Who can remember when Don Muang used to have a herd of cows/buffaloe grazing away in the middle of the two runways which also doubled as a golf course? That was when all the international flights used to fly into there. A small python, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeJay1959 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 11 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said: Security has been stepped up so does that mean ID card checks and the like ? Not sure where a Python would keep its ID card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 8 hours ago, rtco said: "The airport said that there was no danger to the flying public but they wanted to make sure that everything was being done according to the regulations" ... and they state ... 1. At no time is a python allowed on or near the runway at anytime. 2. If for some reason a python does get on the runway in no way should it be allowed to get itself crushed by a plane. 3. Following any incident the likes of the above regular checks should be made of the runway to ensure no pythons are a threat to passenger safety. 4. During these checks: 4a. Any python found on or near the runway shall surrender themselves to the airport authorities. 4b. It is obligatory to enter into the classic pointing pose for the sake of the camera. 5. Any python found in the airport controlled area without ID , Passport or Valid Visa will be taken to IDC to await charges and possible deportation and black listing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bantex Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 2 hours ago, South said: Who can remember when Don Muang used to have a herd of cows/buffaloe grazing away in the middle of the two runways which also doubled as a golf course? That was when all the international flights used to fly into there. A small python, lol. They had staff at strategic points on the golf course who would wave a red flag when a plane was landing or taking off to halt the golf players in case someone sliced a ball towards a plane. I never saw any snakes but plenty of Jumbo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Isn't it incumbent upon airport authorities to check their runways/taxiways for debris, from time to time ? "We checked it only last month, and there were no snakes anywhere that we looked, honest guv'nor !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignbad Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Worthy of a chance in the photo contest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 21 hours ago, PatOngo said: Great Photo ........I guess there's a dead python somewhere. Excellent pointing! Must be Graham Chapman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 11 hours ago, PeeJay1959 said: Not sure where a Python would keep its ID card In their carry bag, crocodile skin of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Terrible news! Has the python's next of kin been notified? Once I was on a night flight taking off from Oakland, California. The runway went through some brush land, I was sitting toward the front of the plane, and in the light of the plane's headlights I saw hordes of rabbits scattering at the planes approach during takeoff. This went on the full time the plane was building up speed for liftoff, thousands of them! I never heard them mentioned in the media, and apparently they didn't cause any reported crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 4 minutes ago, bendejo said: Terrible news! Has the python's next of kin been notified? Once I was on a night flight taking off from Oakland, California. The runway went through some brush land, I was sitting toward the front of the plane, and in the light of the plane's headlights I saw hordes of rabbits scattering at the planes approach during takeoff. This went on the full time the plane was building up speed for liftoff, thousands of them! I never heard them mentioned in the media, and apparently they didn't cause any reported crashes. I seem to recall a photo of the locals pointing at where the rabbits may have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Nup , all wrong , they have just spotted Santa Claus coming with their driving licences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Maybe the python got kicked off the 18 hole military golf course located adjacent to the runway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janner1 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Just wondering but will the remains of the Python left crushed on the runway be subject to overstay ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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