Thai Airways A300 failed this simple approach this morning
Runway length is 3050m with VOR/DME on the field.
I live near the airport and my estimated vis at the worst was 800 m in rain and base at 600ft agl.
They diverted to Udon which is 20 mins away but it appears they orbited for 2 hours!!!
From the Bangkok Post.
Khon Kaen - Heavy downpours, which resulted in poor visibility here Friday morning, forced a Thai Airways International passenger plane to land at the Udon Thani Airport instead.
Khon Kaen Airport chief Atthaya Larpmak said the heavy rains continued since Thursday morning.
He said the THAI Flight TG040, which left the Suvarnabhumi International Airport at 6:15 am, was scheduled to land at the Khon Kaen Airport at 7:10 am.
But the poor visibility forced the plane to fly to the Udon Thani Airport and landed there at 9:40 am.