UPDATED: Thai Airways Airbus A330 Accident on Landing at Bangkok
By AirlineReporter.com Staff, on September 8th, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Picture of the Thai Airways Airbus A330 (HS-TEF) involved in the incident. Image: Ken Fielding.
Picture of the Thai Airways Airbus A330-300 (HS-TEF) involved in the incident. Image: Ken Fielding.
Late Sunday night, local time in Bangkok, Thailand, a Thai Airways�Airbus A330-300 landed and experienced a failure of its front landing gear. Flight�679 departed from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) in�China and landed at the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) at about 11:00pm. The aircraft was carrying 278 passengers and 14 crew members. The airline is reporting that eight passengers were “slightly injured.”
We reached to Airbus and they explained that they currently do not have a statement, but are monitoring the situation.
The Airbus A330-300�involved in the incident is�registered HS-TEF and was delivered to Thai Airways in March of 1995.
THAI AIRWAYS A330 UPDATES
(all in pacific time)
1:22p: According to the official Twitter account of Thai Airways (@thaiairways), the A333 crashed while landing, with 14 people taken to area hospitals.�It appears the plane slid off the runway after landing.
1:30p: Thai Airways has issued the following statement via Twitter: “TG679 Guangzhou-Bangkok experienced incident while landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport. �14 passengers were slightly injured and sent to hospital.”
1:55p: Statement from Thai Airways on their Facebook:
“Thai Airways International Flight TG 679, Guangzhou – Bangkok operated with Airbus 330-300 aircraft departing Guangzhou at 16:03 hrs. (local time) scheduled to arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 23:00 hrs. (local time) experienced incident while landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport. As the aircraft was landing and the landing gear touched the runway, the nose gear has failed. As a result, the plane skidded off the runway. The captain took control of the aircraft until it stops and the passengers were evacuated using slides.�The aircraft was carrying 287 passengers and 14 crew members. 8 passengers were slightly injured. Injured passengers were taken care and sent to hospital for medical treatments.”
This is a breaking story and will be updated when more details come available.�
PHOTOS OF THAI AIRWAYS FLIGHT 679
Side shot of the Airbus A330 with evaculation slide deployed via Twitter
Mutliple photos of the Thai Airways A330 and people evacuating�via Twitter
Larger photo of the A330 with nose on the ground�via Twitter
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