News Forum - Thai airlines urged to inspect all Boeing 737-800 aircraft following crash in China

[Thaiger]

After a Boeing 737-800 crashed in China, killing all 132 passengers on board, Thailand’s aviation officials have urged five Thai airlines to conduct thorough safety inspections of their 26 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Leading domestic airlines, including Nok Air and Thai Lion, must obtain a Certificate of Airworthiness for all operational 737-800s, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. China Eastern Airlines and its subsidiaries immediately grounded 223 Boeing 737-800s to undergo safety inspections before flying again following the crash of flight MU5735. Investigators searching the wreckage have found two black boxes which contain flight data and voice recordings from the […]

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[Noble_Design]

  Ok but what exactly shold they be inspecting? There's so much parts and components on an aircraft it would take a very long time to check everything without being specific.      

[Fanta]

Exactly. Seems like an ass covering exercise from the aviation authority responsible for issuing Certificates of Airworthiness. iirc, it wasn’t all that long ago that some Thai passenger planes were found to be lacking in their maintenance and upkeep but had the required certificates.

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

23 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

Thailand’s aviation officials have urged five Thai airlines to conduct thorough safety inspections of their 26 Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Though I thought they should be carrying out all the required inspections …. Or do they work like the Thai police, same same but different?

[Soidog]

Another piece of BS from Thai authorities. Without any specific additional checks specified, these aircraft will undergo their normal inspections. It’s utterly ridiculous how these people continue to get publicity for their mindless comments. 
Ministry for Health - Check yourself 

Ministry for Transport - Drive better

Ministry for Education - Try harder at school. 
 

[HolyCowCm]

Its' so nice that they are so proactive. I bet they enlisted someone's clairevoyant to know what happened on the China aircraft.

 

[WR2]

Inspect them for suicidal pilots?

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

4 hours ago, WR2 said:

Inspect them for suicidal pilots?

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - may need to retrain as they definitely have not been getting the hours practice they need.

[Soidog]

Why doesn’t the PM just “Instruct” or “Order” Thai Airways not to crash any aircraft. That should work shouldn’t it?