Phuket Thailand plane crash comments and videos

After checking out some international news sources, words are such that this is an accident due to bad weather. Is the weather really that bad that people can’t do anything about it? Say NOT landing or take other options? Back in the Tsunami days, if you really have to blame someone, you could name the incompetent warning system for not being well prepared for atypical situations. This is a little different. The so called wind shear doesn’t seem to be such unique circumstance, does it?

Some victims’ families are saying they still don’t get paid from the airline insurance for the damages. One Two Go (the airline) said they’re working with the insurance to up the payment to about 120,000 USD (about 5 million bahts) from whatever money I don’t know. Anyway, searched Youtube and found some videos. Take a look:

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Plane crash in Phuket Thailand 89 died

First, I’d like to express my sympathy for those who have lost the loved ones in the plane crash in Phuket. From how I understand it, fingers are pointing back and forth between the Airline (One-To-Go Airline) camp and the airport authority camp over the misguided/misjudge landing.

According to a transcript of the conversation between the control tower and the plane, ground officials informed the Indonesian pilot, Arief Mulyadi, about wind shear at the airport but he decided to land anyway, the Air Transport Department’s director-general, Chaisak Ungsuwan, said on The Nation TV channel.

Since the majority of the passengers are foreigners (non Thai), this again likely will be a major hurt to Thai toursim. I’m all for the good good good for this country I call home but if shit like this keeps happening, visiting Thailand will not be a top choice for people (unless the rest of the world is screwed worse) .