Posted on 04/10/2005 1:57:30 PM PDT by Central Scrutiniser
O.K. Thanks. I'd just never seen that before.
Supposedly Boeing considered building a version of the 747SP with three engines rather than four, but none of the airlines were interested. If that plane had been built, isn't it possible that the 777s engines could have been used to power a stretched three-engined 747?
More fun:
Phuket Air suffers further embarrassment
Published on Apr 10 , 2005
Phuket Air suffered another blow to its reputation yesterday when many passengers cancelled their flight to the Netherlands after learning that it would be delayed by over 20 hours.
Some passengers on flight 9R619 from Bangkok to Amsterdam also complained about having to wait for hours during the afternoon heat in an aircraft whose air-conditioning system was switched off.
Chawanit Chiamcharoenvut, executive vice president of Phuket Airlines Co Ltd, denied the air-conditioners were switched off. He said that after the engine was started, the air-conditioning system needed time to cool the cabin due to the extremely hot weather outside.
"I insist that there is no problem with the aircraft. We are well prepared for the flight. Our pilot doesn't want to risk his life. Delays are unavoidable sometimes," he said.
The executive said the flight was delayed because the aircraft originally designated to fly the route was undergoing urgent repairs in Britain. Airline officials also had to wait for authorities at the Amsterdam airport to clear the plane to land outside of its originally allotted time, he said.
The flight, which was originally scheduled to leave Bangkok at 11.50pm on Saturday, was eventually slated to take off at 9pm last night.
A passenger who requested anonymity said a fellow passenger fainted at about 5pm yesterday after waiting for two hours on the plane. She said passengers were told to board the plane at about 3pm but were not told until later that the flight would leave at 9pm.
She said many of the remaining passengers decided to defy an order for them to remain on the plane after the passenger that fainted was removed for treatment. The anonymous woman and her daughter were among those who later cancelled their tickets.
Earlier this month, British authorities investigated three separate incidents involving Phuket Air described as "horror flights" by the media in that country.
The airline twice aborted flights from the United Arab Emirates bound for Britain last Sunday when passengers angrily complained after spotting fuel gushing from a wing.
Another flight was delayed overnight last Wednesday due to hydraulic problems. On the following day a flight from London's Gatwick Airport to Bangkok returned to the British capital after an engine had to be shut off mid-flight.
The privately run airline was established in 2001, starting with flights to Ranong and Phuket. Later it offered international flights to London and Amsterdam.
http://www.komchadluek.net/breaking/read.php?lang=en&newsid=54207
Chancellorsville? lol
I'm not as knowledgeable as most of you but why on earth did it return to Gatwick 3 hours later----Couldn't it have landed someplace else if there was an emergency?
It's not as if the entire flight would be over water.
No, it is pronounced 'poo khet, rhymes with poo-poo and Rhett, like in 'Frankly Rhett, I don't give a damn!'
Returned to Gatwick because they have a station there and presumably mechanics.
The registration of that 747 is HS-VAO. It first flew in 1980. It is a Boeing 747-2U3B c/n 22246
Yes.
RE: "I insist that there is no problem with the aircraft. We are well prepared for the flight. Our pilot doesn't want to risk his life. Delays are unavoidable sometimes," he said.
When is a Thai PR man lying? Whenever he utters a single word.
How is "Phuket" pronounced?
The pronunciation I'm thinking of is probably appropriate, but incorrect.
Oh, boy that skydrol (hydraulic fliud) is some nasty stuff. Should you get a drop on a fingernail, it will eat right through. Highly caustic stuff.
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