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Report from Bangkok Post dated Wednesday 26 September 2007 :-
Pilot given wind shear warning before crash - Inquiry waiting on evidence from US
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The pilot of the ill-fated One-Two-Go flight received a wind shear warning from the air traffic controller at Phuket airport before the airliner crashed in flames, killing 89 of those on board. Transport permanent secretary Chaisawat Kittipornpaiboon, who is heading the inquiry into the tragedy, said yesterday the pilot of another flight - which landed at Phuket airport ahead of One-Two-Go flight 269 - told the inquiry he had asked the control tower to pass on his warning of a microburst problem to the One-Two-Go pilot.
The control tower then relayed the warning.
Mr Chaisawat said his committee still could not say who should be held responsible for the crash, but the cause must be established quickly for future air safety.
His inquiry had gathered evidence from the crash site and information on the health of the pilots, communication between the pilots and the control tower, and the weather conditions at the time of the Sept 16 crash.
''The condition of the plane was fine and the pilots' health was also good,'' Mr Chaisawat said.
All the available information pointed to the same possible cause of the crash, he said, but declined to reveal what it was. He insisted the inquiry must wait for the report on the analysis of the information on the flight data and voice recorders now being examined in the United States.
''Although the available information all points in the same direction and should be enough, I cannot announce the cause now. Otherwise, it would be a guessing game. Data from the flight recorder is very important,'' Mr Chaisawat said.
''The decoding of the flight recorder data is proceeding well and should be finished by tomorrow,'' he said.
His committee would meet again early next month to discuss the results.
If information from the flight recorders matched the committee's evidence, it should not take too long to wrap up the investigation.
''But if the information does not match, the committee would need outside experts to help with a conclusion on the cause and that could be time consuming,'' he said.
Wutthichai Singmanee, director of air safety at the Civil Aviation Department, said a wind shear warning did not necessarily mean the pilot could not land, because wind shear does not occur readily and usually dissipates quickly.
Pol Col Nitthi Bunthuwong, a member of the body identification team, said 86 of the bodies of the victims had now been identified.
Only three Iranian bodies remained to be identified.
According to the airline, 54 foreigners and 35 Thais were killed in the crash.
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Posted on: 3:50 am on Sep. 26, 2007
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 1 October 2007 :-
Phuket crash analysis 'could take 3 years'
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It will take at least six months and perhaps three years to fully analyse data from the "black box" flight recorders taken from the plane that crashed at Phuket Airport last month, claiming 90 lives, a senior official said Monday.
Aviation Department Director General Chaisak Angkasuwan said data decoded from the black boxes, sent to the US more than two weeks ago, had already reached Thailand but an analysis of the data will need at least six months to three years, depending on its complexity, reported the state-run Thai News Agency (TNA).
Thai budget airline One-Two-Go flight OG269 crashed while attempting to land at Phuket Airport in a heavy rainstorm on September 16, 2007.
Altogether 89 people died immediately in the McDonnell-Douglas MD 82 crash, with the 90th victim dying recently from severe burns in hospital.
At least two foreign passengers have brought legal suits against Boeing Company, the owner of McDonnell Douglas.
Chaisak said that Boeing Co would be involved by analysing the data pertaining to the aircraft's operation system, a process that could take at least two months.
The One-Two-Go aircraft broke into two sections before bursting into flames in both wings and the body of the plane, after it smashed into an embankment after skidding off the runway.
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Saturday 6 October 2007 :-
No surprises in crash probe
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The information decoded so far from the black box flight recorder of the ill-fated One-Two-Go airliner is said to match the findings of an investigating team which carried out the initial plane crash inquiry in Phuket on Sept 16.
Wuthichai Singhamanee, director of the Aviation Department's Flight Safety Standards Bureau and member of the crash investigation committee, said data from the plane's black box in a lot of ways matched the initial findings of his panel's probe, including communication between the pilot and the control tower, the weather and aircraft conditions.
He declined to elaborate on the details, saying that his panel would meet on Oct 12 to thoroughly analyse the results of the decoded information, which covers more than 30 areas.
Each area still needs to be carefully analysed before the release of the final results, he said.
The initial investigation at the crash site indicated that the One-Two-Go flight's pilot had ignored a wind shear warning from an air traffic controller, which was passed on by the pilot of another flight which landed at the airport minutes ahead of the One-Two-Go flight which crashed in flames after an unusually hard landing.
The flight recorder's information has also ended speculation that the pilot and the aircraft were not in good condition.
Mr Wuthichai also defended the safety standards of the One-Two-Go airline, saying it had met all the safety standard requirements in line with what is laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
In addition, he said, planes registered in Thailand cannot take to the air before receiving airworthiness certificates.
Officials from the Aviation Department are sent to examine the planes before the certificates are issued.
Under ICAO regulations, planes are also subject to pre-flight inspections.
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Posted on: 1:55 am on Oct. 6, 2007
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