Thai Gov ATR72-500 Crash Landing - Written Off Yesterday

[diddly squat]

Apparently some of the 30 VIP configuration seats were uprooted. With the right wing taking the impact, lucky it did not catch alight. :ok:

The French manufactured Thai Air-force ATR72-500 that is operated by the Royal Thai Air Force was written off yesterday in a crash in Dhaka (http://www.gogoflorist.com/blog/2012/05/thai-air-force-atr72-passenger-plane-crashes-in-bangladesh-write-off/), the capital of Bangladesh. Airport sources said that a primary investigation revealed that at 8:51am (local) the pilot under instruction lost control of the aircraft because of a crosswind. Of the 15 people on board, eight were Thai Air Force pilots on a cross country familiarization exercise. They were flight planned to continue to Delhi the next day, 1st May.

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[Flying Mechanic]

must of been some crosswind!sad end to a nice machine

[ILS 26R]

I been told one of the reverse thurst didn’t work?
Thank you

[AAIGUY]

so you don't use it.. we used to fly turboprops. Dhaka is plenty long to land in beta with no brakes, let alone with.

[Bengal Lancer]

I agree with the above.....while Dhaka is an awful place, the runway is more than adequate for an ATR...

BL

[ZFT]

Some very fortunate people on that aircraft. One of the non flying pilots arm was cut by the propeller!! Only stitches required.

[Newforest2]

Hopefully will have a third birthday.:\

ASN Aircraft accident ATR-72-212A L16-2/52 Dhaka-Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) (http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20120430-0)