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INCIDENT Thai Airways Airbus A350 narrowly escapes a burning tug

Bhavya Velani
Last updated: March 3, 2023, 09:53 UTC
Published: Friday, March 3, 2023, at 11:00 UTC
Category: News
Author: Bhavya Velani
Data: Airbus Airbus A350 Thai Airways
Thai Airways A350 at BKK | Photo: KK
Thai Airways A350 at BKK | Photo: KK
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On Wednesday the Thai Airways (TG) modern aircraft Airbus A350 narrowly escaped the minor ground incident of tug master.

The incident took place at the Thai Airways base airport, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK). The Tug which moves aircraft on the ground got sudden smoke and later fire. The emergency responder team handled the situation and the aircraft avoided the mishap.

The passengers are safe and the emergency responder acted quickly to avoid a major incident with Thai Airways A350 aircraft.

As per the Twitter post by FL360 Aero, the aircraft parked at BKK has been captured by a passenger onboard another aircraft.

https://twitter.com/fl360aero/status/1630885126899900417?s=20

The aircraft caught on camera by a passenger has a registration HS-THG and it is the Airbus A350-941 variant.

Following the incident, its departure was delayed, and the aircraft was bound from Bangkok to Kaula Lumpur. The TG operates regular flights between two major South East Asian cities and this route is one of the busiest APAC routes according to passengers flown.

By Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia - Thai Airways, HS-THB, Airbus A350-941, CC BY-SA 2.0,
By Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia – Thai Airways, HS-THB, Airbus A350-941, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53669895

About Thai Airways

According to Planespotters.net, Thai Airways (TG) currently operates a fleet of 12 Airbus A350s and all are -900 variants. They deploy this modern aircraft on various international routes, as we speak the HS-THG is bound for Karachi from Bangkok, as per the RadarBox.com data.

The airline has a total fleet of 46 airliners and deploys them to close to 40 destinations across three continents.

Also read, World’s First: Two Boeing 787 Dreamliners to be scrapped for spare parts – AIRLIVE

 

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