Charter plane from China to Phuket in emergency landing
Charter plane from China to Phuket in emergency landing
PHUKET: -- An Orient Thai charter aircraft carrying 137 Chinese passengers made a safe emergency landing at Surat Thani International Airport late Wednesday evening after experiencing engine failure, and then suffered a flat tyre, causing it to get stuck on the runway and forcing another arriving plane to fly back to Bangkok.
The pilot of the plane contacted airport authorities for permission to land at about 7pm on a trip from Shenzhen's Huangtian Airport to Phuket.
After landing, the plane taxied to the end of the runway and when it was making a U-turn, the aircraft’s rear left tyre slipped from the edge of the runway onto the surface of an adjacent runway which is under construction, resulting in a flat tyre.
The Orient Thai plane obstructed the runway for about an hour because of the flat tyre, and eventually was towed away to a parking area.
The incident prevented an aircraft operated by Thai Smile low-cost airline from landing at the airport and forced it to return to Suvanaphumi Airport.
Normal operations resumed at Surat Thani International Airport at 9pm.
PHUKET: -- An Orient Thai charter aircraft carrying 137 Chinese passengers made a safe emergency landing at Surat Thani International Airport late Wednesday evening after experiencing engine failure, and then suffered a flat tyre, causing it to get stuck on the runway and forcing another arriving plane to fly back to Bangkok.
The pilot of the plane contacted airport authorities for permission to land at about 7pm on a trip from Shenzhen's Huangtian Airport to Phuket.
After landing, the plane taxied to the end of the runway and when it was making a U-turn, the aircraft’s rear left tyre slipped from the edge of the runway onto the surface of an adjacent runway which is under construction, resulting in a flat tyre.
The Orient Thai plane obstructed the runway for about an hour because of the flat tyre, and eventually was towed away to a parking area.
The incident prevented an aircraft operated by Thai Smile low-cost airline from landing at the airport and forced it to return to Suvanaphumi Airport.
Normal operations resumed at Surat Thani International Airport at 9pm.
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