Thread: Plane crashes in Laos, 39 people killed

Hope BLD wasn't on it.

it has a fleet of just 14 planes, mostly propeller-driven.

You have got to love this quote as if the fact they are propeller driven implies they are old. Why even bother to mention it?

Mostly propeller-driven like the new Airbus military transport, as an example.

RIP.

Nasty. Very nasty.

A bit close to home.

44 dead, at least 5 Thais.

Passenger List, in case anyone fears they may know someone.

5 Australians and 7 French.

Tragic.
RIP and condolences to extended families.

I won't go on, considering the circumstances.

Lao Aviation [Airlines]....

Looks like a French husband and wife, and Aussie brothers or son and father passed away in the incident.

Damn RIP

From the news link given above in the OP;
"..flying in stormy weather crashed into the Mekong river in southern Laos on Wednesday, ........Typhoon Nari

The virtually new ATR-72 turboprop plane flying from....Vientiane crashed at about 4.10 p.m. (0910 GMT) just eight kilometers (five miles) short of its destination Pakse.."
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From
49 Believed Dead in Plane Crash in Laos - ABC News

"A passenger manifest faxed by the airline listed 44 people: 17 Lao, seven French, five Australians, five Thais, three Koreans, two Vietnamese and one person each from Canada, China, Malaysia, Taiwan and the United States. Korean, French and Thai officials confirmed the totals for their nationalities."


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Back in '89 I got the last seat on the only plane cleared to fly out of Wellington NZ, on to LA during a violent thunderstorm.
One of he freakiest experiences flying I've ever had, passengers cheered and clapped when we levelled off above the clouds!

Another time coming into land at Wellington airport the pilot aborted the landing, and up we went, circled and came down starboard wing down,..due to high winds. After landing we all gratefully cheered the pilot! Freaky!

I've habitually checked the weather before boarding ever since and have flight insurance incase I cancel at the last minute.

Worry too much? Dunno.

RIP all you folk.

Tragically, Wednesday afternoon about 4.00pm a Lao Airlines scheduled flight from Vientiane to Pakse, crashed into the Mekong on approach to Pakse Airport in extreme weather conditions, killing all on board....Further details here...

Lao Airlines plane crash: DFAT says six Australians killed

That's awful. Never flown in Lao, always thought it seemed a bit pricey.

Pricey compared to Thailand but not Australia. I have done about a dozen flights with them and all have been excellent.

Originally Posted by chassamui

Hope BLD wasn't on it.

Thank fuk i wasnt on that one. i use Lao airlines a lot mostly between vientiane and savannakhet where we swap to a cessna caravan to get to site , that little fucker scares the shit out of me. The ATR seems a good plane but why the fuk were they flying around in shit weather

An entire Aussie family dead in that crash.

Laos plane crash: six Australians, including Rhodes family and aid worker Michael Creighton, among dead - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Awful.

RIP.

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

Originally Posted by chassamui

Hope BLD wasn't on it.

Thank fuk i wasnt on that one. i use Lao airlines a lot........ The ATR seems a good plane but why the fuk were they flying around in shit weather

My thoughts too.

Flown on that airline four times in Lao, never worried, but the weather was great each time.

Another masterful piece of journalism?

Communist Laos, landlocked between Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and China, is a closed country with a secretive one-party government.

A 'closed country' with half of those dead being non Lao residents.

Closed country, my foot!

It's one of the most open countries in Asia!

Borders are as porous as a bamboo gate in a breeze!

Originally Posted by Roger Ramjet

Tragically, Wednesday afternoon about 4.00pm a Lao Airlines scheduled flight from Vientiane to Pakse, crashed into the Mekong on approach to Pakse Airport in extreme weather conditions, killing all on board....Further details here...

Lao Airlines plane crash: DFAT says six Australians killed

Sorry for all involved or linked. Is there some reasoning in whether or not to fly in Laos? Route 13 is bad for land travel. Is there not some reasoning over the air as well. Or am I fool to even think as such. I can only hope that this may prevent future fups in flight. I guess I will have to be the one to say the weather is to rough for flight.

That plane shouldn't have been out in that weather I feel.

Sad to read about the Aussie family on there, tragic.
R.I.P

Planes and boats, should never put out into stormy weather.

An Aussie Mum dad and there two young kids where offed.

Not good that.