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Thai Airways accident in Bangkok
A Thai Airways aircraft crashed after landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. (jansaviation.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
In a related story, I see that the airline name, logo, as well as the aircraft registration were covered up. What's up with that?
It's a image damage control guideline from Star Alliance.
We've seen similar treatment in the us. When JRoush crashed the Premier @ Airventure or the F16 that overshot the runway the year after.
We've seen similar treatment in the us. When JRoush crashed the Premier @ Airventure or the F16 that overshot the runway the year after.
Not necessarily from *A, they posted on Twitter that that was incorrect. Just a usual procedure (not official) because accidents are negative -- anyone passing by the plane seeing "Thai Airways" might decide not to fly. Happens all the time, an ATR skidded off a runway in Italy and the same steps were taken.
I remember the painting out of the registration markings and the logo as long ago as the mid-1970's when a TAP (Now Air Portugal) B-727 slid off the runway at Madeira (before the field was rebuilt). First thing the Portuguese inspectors did was spray paint the registration numbers and the TAP logo.
Actually, they call themselves TAP Portugal and are widely regarded as one of the world's safest airlines, with the above incident in 1977 landing at Madeira in heavy rain,and resulting in a runway excursion on their third and final attempt to land, was their only incident with fatalities in their entire history since 1945.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAP_Portugal
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAP_Portugal
Indeed, PhotoFinish, I made a mistake about the current name of good old Transportes Aereos Portugueses (my keyboard doesn't have the appropriate accents. I lived in Lisboa for 3 years in the mid-1970's and had occasion to fly to Madiera for business regularly. TAP used Boeing 727-200's on the route, and only a select cadre of pilots were permitted to operate that route. The were in reverse thrust over the threshold, working against a short field and a constant crosswind.
When it is tight enough for reverse over the threshold, probably gonna be a good seat pucker too. Select group or not, you may get over the jitters but you never get used to it.LOL