Thai A330-300 av banen i Bangkok

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Accident: Thai A333 at Bangkok on Sep 8th 2013, runway excursion on landing

By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Sep 8th 2013 19:58Z, last updated Sunday, Sep 8th 2013 22:13Z A Thai Airways Airbus A330-300, registration HS-TEF performing flight TG-679 from Guangzhou (China) to Bangkok (Thailand) with 287 passengers and 14 crew, landed on Bangkok's runway 19L at about 23:30L (16:30Z) but veered right off the runway and came to a stop with all gear on soft ground, a large plume of dust rose above the aircraft initially creating fears of a crash followed by smoke from the right hand engine. The aircraft was evacuated via slides. 12 people received minor injuries in the evacuation, the aircraft received damage to both engines (PW4164) and the nose gear, the nose gear is bent but did not collapse. Ground witnesses reported seeing sparks/fire at the right hand side of the aircaft during roll out. The right hand engine emitted smoke after the aircraft came to a stop, emergency services foamed the engine which stopped the smoke. The airline reported (in their original Thai wording) that upon touchdown the nose gear caused a disruption which resulted in the aircraft to veer off the runway, their English translation reports a failure of the nose gear as cause of the aircraft veering off the runway. The captain took control of the aircraft and brought it to a stop. The airline confirmed 8 people received minor injuries as result of the evacuation and were taken to hospitals. The airport authority reported that runway 01R/19L will not be available during entire Monday, Sep 9th (not yet reflected in NOTAMs). Emergency services attended to a right hand engine fire following the runway excursion. None of the gear struts has collapsed (contradicting media reports in Thailand reporting the nose gear had collapsed). A passenger reported that the aircraft touched down normally with its main gear, but when the nose gear touched down the aircraft veered violently to the right, the aircraft appeared to roll left first then right. When the aircraft came to a stop there was fire visible from the right hand side, an evacuation through the left hand doors was immediately initiated.