I gotta say it! Oh Thai Airways

[fholbert]

On 9 March, a Thai Airways Airbus A330 (HS-TEU) operated flight TG575 between Vientiane, Laos and Bangkok, Thailand. During taxi at Laos, the A330 clipped the tail of a parked Gulfstream IV business jet (M-YWAY) damaging both aircraft.

 

[bucksmith]

Looks like I get to say it first. That’ll buff right out.

 

[FlyingAccountant]

My way? I think it was Thai's way.

 

[Finny]

Needs less right rudder.

 

[Skåning]

"Clear Left?"
"Yup!"
Crunch

 

[fholbert]

"Clear Left?"
"Yup!"
Crunch

The 1st Officer has just one job...

 

[broncoav8r]

The 1st Officer has just one job...

Yep... "Clear RIGHT"... Small detail...but important in this case...

 

[Skåning]

You guys notice that every time a plane taxis into something, it's always on the captain's side?

 

[Boris Badenov]

You guys notice that every time a plane taxis into something, it's always on the captain's side?

Cue every #triggered C/A coming in with some Kennedy-magic-bullet theory!

Man, being a punk-ass F/O is kinda fun, I may never upgrade.

 

[fholbert]

Yep... "Clear RIGHT"... Small detail...but important in this case...

I was talking about the Gulfstream 1st Officer. His job is to guard the plane when ever it's outside the hangar.

 

[knot4u]

That airplane is done, in the second picture you can see that the fittings that hold the vertical stabilizer appear to be intact and all of the fuselage structure they attach to has torn off. There's no way anyone would pay to fix a G-IV with that much damage, most of the value is in the engines anyway. Of course, because of the circumstances, there's going to be a lot of value as a scrap airplane. If you have the capital to buy it and have the parts removed inspected, repaired as necessary and recertified it could be a gold mine.

Edit: I looked it up, S/N 1486 built in 2002. That would be considered a late G-IV. SPZ-8400 avionics, maybe low hours. I'm sure the scrappers are salivating, there's a lot of value in parts in that airplane.

 

[bucksmith]

That airplane is done, in the second picture you can see that the fittings that hold the vertical stabilizer appear to be intact and all of the fuselage structure they attach to has torn off. There's no way anyone would pay to fix a G-IV with that much damage, most of the value is in the engines anyway. Of course, because of the circumstances, there's going to be a lot of value as a scrap airplane. If you have the capital to buy it and have the parts removed inspected, repaired as necessary and recertified it could be a gold mine.

Edit: I looked it up, S/N 1486 built in 2002. That would be considered a late G-IV. SPZ-8400 avionics, maybe low hours. I'm sure the scrappers are salivating, there's a lot of value in parts in that airplane.

@DPApilot , want to split the commission for the lead?

 

[NickH]

When they say 'Clipped the tail', they mean 'Clipped the tail off'.

They felt that one....

 

[fholbert]

When they say 'Clipped the tail', they mean 'Clipped the tail off'.

They felt that one....

Like me clipping my wife's roses last week with a chain saw.

 

[Luigi]

Thai airways is weird. An A330 from Bangkok to Vientiane? That can not be a heavy route. I flew on a Thai 767 from Bangkok to Chaing Mai last year, was probably booked to 12 and about a 40 minute flight.

 

[knot4u]

@DPApilot , want to split the commission for the lead?

There's more than one person/company that specializes in buying Gulfstream wrecks and stripping them. They're pretty good at it. I'm sure a bidding war for the unfortunate airplane is in the future.