Posted on 04/10/2005 1:57:30 PM PDT by Central Scrutiniser
What you said is a lie.
Does that matter to you?
"TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
"Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
"Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"
Eighty two people on a 747? No wonder they have to skimp on maintenance.
We once flew a 747 from Nagoya Japan to Honolulu with 3 in the cockpit, 18 flight attendants, one Flight Service Manager, and one passenger for a 9 hour flight.
He got upgraded.
After looking at that photo, I'd say that they have to spend lots of extra money on hydraulic fluids and oil absorbents for their parking areas. Pilot's walk arounds must require an umbrella.
I somehow don't think that the Boeing design team ever intended for these aircraft to be owned by companies that had so little capability to maintain them.
"Hey, you forgot to put the gas cap back on," "ahhhh Phuket"
They're still flying YS-11s short haul? Holy jeez, those things are about 35-40 years old, aren't they? I'm sure they're decently designed planes and all (I know Piedmont flew them for a while around the Southeast) but I'm not sure I'd want to get on a Third World airliner that's that old.
And as for that 747-200 pic...I thought Air France's planes were dirty, but that's the nastiest-looking airplane I've ever seen. They obviously aren't spending the money saved by scrimping maintenance on soap, water, and Turtle Wax.
}:-)4
<< I was just talking a few days ago about how this is a disaster waiting to happen, I've seen their planes, they are beyond decrepit >>
It gets worse.
Phuket Air elected to non-rev ferry the aeroplane back here to Thailand for "maintenance" rather than let the Limeys get their hands on it.
Notwithstanding Brit "engineers'" [Mechanics] inclination to demonstrate their frustrations at their powerless by grounding anything they can get their hands on, I find it an indictment by implication that Phuket flew the grounded aircraft home on a ferry permit, empty, rather than fix it down the line and revenue-operate it back to Thailand.
So when you're in a Thai cab next Priday morning, don't porget to petch the poreign luggage prom the trunk, and don't drive too par into the porrest past the hotel.
I saw Thai Sky L1011 last time I was there, old Delta bird, good to see some of them escaped the wrecker. One of their L10's got turned into the wreckage for the TV show "Lost"
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I wonder if they service Nantucket?
Didn't Jim Phuket QB the Raiders to a Super Bowl win many moons ago?
Another safety scare for Phuket Air 747 jet
by Suzi Austin
PHUKET, Thailand (7 Apr 2005) -- A plane which was grounded twice earlier this week with fuel gushing from a wing was yesterday involved in a fresh safety scare.
A Phuket Air Boeing 747 bound for Bangkok was forced to return to London Gatwick airport after developing hydraulics problems a few hours into its journey.
Passengers described how they were gripped with terror as one of the jet's engines had to be shut down mid-flight and 50 tonnes of fuel dumped before the plane landed.
Officials have now grounded the aircraft, and it will not be allowed to fly out of Britain until the damaged engine is repaired or replaced.
The plane was the same craft which was grounded twice in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday as fuel flooded from a wing.
Pilots abandoned two take-off attempts as passengers threatened to storm the cockpit. The 200 Britons on board were left stranded.
In yesterday's incident, the plane was carrying 82 people. It took off from Gatwick at 8.30am and landed back at the airport at 11.37am.
Passenger Mike McElhinney, from Frome, Somerset, said even the crew looked terrified. He added: ' Knowing they were scared made it much worse. It was the longest hour of my life. Grown men were weeping.'
Other passengers said the plane was in poor condition, with broken interior lights and torn seats.
Phuket Air claims all its aircraft are only 15 years old and in good condition. But Boeing reportedly said the carrier's 747s were 25 years old
Why are people still visiting that place?
Looks like Phuket Air describes their attitude about maintenance.
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