This is on the IU site and I typed a synopsis for publication on blogs and letter to Editors .
ThaiVisa Anal-Retents removed it within a few hours ..
btw
Who cares how they do things in Thailand ? They want safety rating from Internatinal bodies , safety attitudes must change ..
>>>>Last September, a 1-2 Go airliner, ( a budget arm of Thai Orient) crashed in Phuket in high winds. Bonnie Rind, whose brother was killed on the plane, decided to do something and developed a website;
Thailand must investigate Udom Tantiprasongchai
that has taken the task to expose this airline's apparently regular disregard for safety issues. Former pilots are stepping up to offer testimony on how the airline may have consistently disregarded safety regulations such as flying too far from airports with limited fuel, and forging documents for pilot check rides and flight time logs.
Just updated on the site is a transcript of the black box recording which shows that for an astounding 15 seconds after an emergency go around was pronounced, the engines were left in idle and neither pilot was in command of the controls. This is while wind shear alarms were sounding within the cockpit.
Ms. Rind has also revealed that neither pilot had training or a manual for wind shear emergencies within that airplane
Also astounding is the fact that Phuket airport had no water or foam available to fight the fire, it had been used 3 days earlier in a training drill and was not replenished.
Most rescuers had to drive in from the other side of the island, hardly within the 3 minute response time required at airports rated to accept international flights.
It also appears Phuket airport may have obstacles too close to the runway.
An interesting tid-bit unearthed is the corporation that leases the planes to 1-2 Go , (registered in the Virgin Islands) is owned by the wife of 1-2 Go's CEO, who will, presumably collect the insurance.
Because of these allegations, and the apparent lack of international safety standard enforcement, the Board relegated with administering international airport ratings is being lobbied to downgrade Thailand's current safe rating.