Rush to tow oil tanker grounded at Koh Mai Si Lek
RESCUERS are rushing to tow an oil tanker than ran aground at Koh Mai Si Lek, near Koh Kood off Trat, after being slammed by strong waves and currents to prevent it from sinking and spilling oil into the sea, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 17). At 6 a.m. Marine and Coastal Resources Department […]
Read MoreGrounded and masked plane being turned into a restaurant
ATTRACTING a lot of attention is a masked decommissioned Airbus 330-300 parked off Mittraphab road in Nakhon Ratchasima province with the owner renovating the interior to turn it into a coffee shop and restaurant, PostToday reported this morning (June 17, 2020). Mr Sirikorn Phimpharat, 33, manager of Airways Land Sida shop, in this northeastern province’s […]
Read MoreAs Asia’s tropical storm season arrives, grounded airplanes at risk of damage
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Taipei: Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region’s tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of planes grounded by the coronavirus pandemic cannot be moved easily. Major airports in storm-vulnerable regions such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, […]
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