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One-Two-Go Airlines IN Thailand is on the watchlist of aviation authorities and subject to more stringent safety standard certification, following a near-collision with another commercial aircraft on Dec 15. Still reeling from the Sept 16 fatal crash in Phuket, the budget carrier faces fresh image problems related to the competence of its foreign cockpit staff and reliability of its ageing MD-80 jetliners.

One-Two-Go in hot seat again

Incident with Nok jet draws new scrutiny

BOONSONG KOSITCHOTETHANA

One-Two-Go Airlines is on the watchlist of aviation authorities and subject to more stringent safety standard certification, following a near-collision with another commercial aircraft on Dec 15. Still reeling from the Sept 16 fatal crash in Phuket, the budget carrier faces fresh image problems related to the competence of its foreign cockpit staff and reliability of its ageing MD-80 jetliners. Wuthichai Singhamanee, the deputy director-general in charge of safety at the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), said the airline needed to be placed under close scrutiny after the latest incident, details of which only emerged this week.

The incident took place over Nakhon Sawan when a One-Two-Go aircraft en route from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, erroneously entered the flight ceiling assigned to Nok Airlines' Boeing 737-400, flying from Chiang Rai to Bangkok, causing potential for mid-air collision. Disaster was averted thanks to the TCAS warnings on both aircraft. TCAS _ Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System _ is a computerised avionics device designed to reduce the danger of mid-air collisions between aircraft.

Since January 2005, all commercial aircraft registered in Thailand were required to be fitted with TCAS, which begins to sound off alarm when another flying object is about 10 km away. Mr Wuthichai told the Bangkok Post that the latest incident would require DCA officials to personally carry out checks of the cockpit crew's competence rather than designating pilot trainers to do the job on its behalf. The department will also review safety standards of One-Two-Go's aircraft at its next scheduled inspection.Furthermore, a set of new regulations is being drafted by the DCA requiring foreign pilots working for Thailand-registered airlines to be knowledgeable and go through flight tests on simulators.

According to Mr Wuthichai, initial investigations showed that the One-Two-Go Airlines' pilots were ''negligent'' for not monitoring the flight status, failing to take immediate action when the auto-pilot was disengaged for some reasons that caused the aircraft to stray from its designated flight ceiling of 32,000 feet, to encroach Nok Air's authorised altitude at 33,000 feet.The pilots on the One-Two-Go flight were Indonesians. The pilot who commanded One-Two-Go's Flight OG 269, which crashed at Phuket International Airport that left 89 dead and 41 injured, was also Indonesian.The cockpit staff involved in the incident were grounded for one week by the airline itself after the event and the MD jet was later checked and cleared for service.

DCA director-general Chaisak Angkasuwan said the department had not taken any punitive action against the airline as the incident, in accordance with the internationally practised regulations, was not serious enough to warrant doing so.The One-Two-Go/Nok Air incident was not unique. ''We see incidents of this nature happen ing once a month involving Thailand-registered aircraft operating on domestic and international routes.''One-Two-Go founder and chief executive Udom Tantiprasongchai said it was too early to suggest whether the two aircraft were really in a ''near miss'' situation, or on the path of collision as some news reports indicated, pending investigation reports.''If they were really on a collision path, the whole world should have known soon after it happened,'' he said.Mr Udom said safety was not compromised, insisting that One-Two-Go had gone a long way to enhance its safety standards. ''We are confident in our safety.'' Source Bangkok Post

Jetstar passengers kicked out of Sydney airport

AAP | Friday, 01 February 2008
Hundreds of airline passengers were left stranded on the footpath outside Sydney Airport overnight after officials enforced a curfew in the wake of a severe electrical storm.
Four domestic Jetstar flights were cancelled and passengers booked on evening services to Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Launceston were caught up in a bureaucratic tangle involving the airline and airport authorities.
The storm that lashed Sydney's west and south-west around the evening peak hours had forced the cancellation of a number of flights until early this morning.
As a result, more than 300 marooned Jetstar passengers were turned out of Terminal Two when the airport closed its doors at the curfew time of 11pm.
A Jetstar spokesman said some passengers in need of a hotel room were accommodated but stressed that the airline's policy did not require it to assist passengers inconvenienced by adverse weather.
"As a condition of carriage for weather-related delays, we're not compelled to find accommodation," Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway told AAP.Mr Westaway said Jetstar would today confront airport representatives.
"We want to know the reasons as to why the terminal was shut - to leave people on the footpath rather than inside the terminal, even if they were in a secure area," he said.
"Unfortunately it was out of our hands."
A Sydney Airport spokeswoman said she was not aware of the incident but confirmed the terminal's 11pm curfew.
"Generally, every evening, we do close the doors," she said.

Airline 'held passengers over an hour'

By TOM FITZSIMONS - The Dominion Post | Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Pacific Blue passengers were left steaming after being made to remain on a broken-down aircraft for more than an hour in sweltering conditions at Wellington airport.
Flight DJ3011 sat on the tarmac for more than two hours after its scheduled departure time of 8.25am yesterday.
The plane's 133 passengers were not initially allowed to leave the plane, which was without power or air conditioning, while engineering crews worked to fix engine problems. Outside, the temperature climbed.
One passenger, who missed a business meeting in Auckland because of the delay, told The Dominion Post it was about 75 minutes before passengers were let off.
"There was no air-conditioning so it was pretty hot," the passenger said.
Pacific Blue says passengers were kept on board for just 30 minutes.
Passengers were not told why they had to stay on the plane and grew impatient toward the end, the passenger said.
Pacific Blue spokesman Phil Boeyen said the problem was a "minor engineering issue".
He believed passengers were on kept on board for 30 minutes after the scheduled departure time, then they were asked to disembark.
Passengers were usually kept on the plane in the hope of a quick solution, he said.

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