Thai Airways A333 at Phuket on Dec 28th 2017, runway excursion on landing
Last Update: January 25, 2018 / 16:52:09 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Thai Airways
Flight number
TG-609
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Phuket, Thailand
Aircraft Registration
HS-TEO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
Airport ICAO Code
VTSP
On Jan 25th 2018 Thailand's AIB reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated. The aircraft veered right off the runway while landing on Phuket's runway 09.
According to ADS-B data the aircraft departed Phuket for Bangkok (Thailand) as flight TG-208 about 2 hours after landing, but remained on the ground in Bangkok for about 15 hours after landing in Bangkok before returning to service.
Metars:
VTSP 280700Z 08008KT 030V120 9999 SCT022 30/22 Q1008 NOSIG=
VTSP 280630Z 08008KT 010V120 9999 SCT022 30/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
VTSP 280600Z 09009KT 030V130 9999 SCT022 30/22 Q1010 NOSIG=
VTSP 280530Z 10010KT 070V150 9999 FEW022 29/22 Q1010 NOSIG=
VTSP 280500Z 09009G20KT 040V130 9999 FEW022 29/22 Q1011 NOSIG=
VTSP 280430Z 08012KT 040V120 9999 FEW022 29/22 Q1011 NOSIG=
VTSP 280400Z 08009KT 020V140 9999 FEW022 28/22 Q1011 NOSIG=
VTSP 280330Z 08008KT 030V120 9999 FEW022 28/22 Q1012 NOSIG=
VTSP 280300Z 09009KT 9999 SCT020 28/22 Q1012 NOSIG=
VTSP 280230Z 09009KT 010V120 9999 SCT020 27/21 Q1012 NOSIG=
VTSP 280200Z 06004KT 350V120 9999 SCT020 26/22 Q1012 NOSIG=
VTSP 280130Z 08007KT 020V110 9999 SCT020 26/22 Q1012 NOSIG=
VTSP 280100Z 00000KT 9000 SCT020 BKN100 25/22 Q1011 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Thai Airways
Flight number
TG-609
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Phuket, Thailand
Aircraft Registration
HS-TEO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
Airport ICAO Code
VTSP
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