Thai 747-400 of the runway @BKK

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by PAXboy

That looks as if, once TGF was out of the mud, they started it and taxied away? Shirley they would have towed, as systems and brakes need to be checked?

Joe Patroni is alive and well and living in Bangkok.

[PAXboy]

Engines and tugs?? It also appears that they did not lay any metal grating (of the type used by tanks) to help make a path out of the mud? Just brute force?

[Carbon Bootprint]

Video of the latter being extricated from the mud:

Here's a photo from the cockpit:


"That's the good thing about the 747, son -- she can't read!"