PHUKET: Orient Thai Airlines today dismissed a report that its flight OX682 from Phuket to Chengdu had made an emergency landing at Kunming airport, saying it landed normally and safely with no passengers injured.
Defending the flight on its Facebook page, Orient Thai Airlines said its pilot and flight attendants strictly abided by the aviation safety measures.
It dismissed a report that the plane developed engine trouble, sending it to plunge steeply, and causing some passengers to bleed from the noses and mouths.
It said the Flight OX682 departed Phuket for Chengdu with 132 passengers, pilot and eight crew members at 8pm on Friday and was scheduled to arrive in Chengdu at 1am the next day.
But at 11pm (Bangkok time) it received message that the flight landed safely at Kunming airport with no passenger or crew members injured.
It said all flight attendants have performed their duties very well and none of them have screamed or in panic as claimed in the news report.
All passengers were checked into hotels for overnight stay and they were flown off the next day in another plane departing from Don Muang airport.
The plane landed safely at Chengdu at 5.30pm (local time) on Sunday.
Orient Thai Airlines said that the incident happened because of a sudden change of air pressure in the cabin, thus forcing the oxygen masks to function automatically so as to enable passengers and flight attendants to wear.
It also said that the detour landing at the nearest airport followed the international safety standard, and its pilot has performed correctly.
Defending the flight on its Facebook page, Orient Thai Airlines said its pilot and flight attendants strictly abided by the aviation safety measures.
It dismissed a report that the plane developed engine trouble, sending it to plunge steeply, and causing some passengers to bleed from the noses and mouths.
It said the Flight OX682 departed Phuket for Chengdu with 132 passengers, pilot and eight crew members at 8pm on Friday and was scheduled to arrive in Chengdu at 1am the next day.
But at 11pm (Bangkok time) it received message that the flight landed safely at Kunming airport with no passenger or crew members injured.
It said all flight attendants have performed their duties very well and none of them have screamed or in panic as claimed in the news report.
All passengers were checked into hotels for overnight stay and they were flown off the next day in another plane departing from Don Muang airport.
The plane landed safely at Chengdu at 5.30pm (local time) on Sunday.
Orient Thai Airlines said that the incident happened because of a sudden change of air pressure in the cabin, thus forcing the oxygen masks to function automatically so as to enable passengers and flight attendants to wear.
It also said that the detour landing at the nearest airport followed the international safety standard, and its pilot has performed correctly.
The aircraft landing was a emergency landing, coz the touch down on that airport was not according the flight schedule! Why they always lie, and try to make nothing serious happened? Pilots seem they did a good job. The comment of this airline is not building trust among future passengers. As we all know now, thai flight safety standards this moment are doubted by Japan, Korea and many more countries. The comment of this airline proves that in thai aviation passenger flying industry something is wrong. What? Well, not admitting, not taking responsebilities.
Posted by Kurt on April 1, 2015 12:12