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Flights delayed and passengers deboarded after subsidence under China Airlines jet at Suvarnabhumi
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Key facts
- However, the incident has revived serious questions about Thailand’s ฿120 billion airport, opened in 2006
- The fresh failure comes as Airports of Thailand prepares another ฿210 billion expansion, including a fourth runway.
- Suvarnabhumi faces renewed scrutiny over runway cracks and groundwater problems first reported in 2007
- Previous runway subsidence in 2012 disrupted 200 aircraft movements and forced 11 flight diversions
- A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 gets stuck in sinking pavement for nearly four hours
- Runway cracks in 2007 and major subsidence in 2012 had already exposed infrastructure problems
Summary
### Airport nightmare in Bangkok. A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 gets stuck in sinking pavement for nearly four hours. Five flights are hit, 116 passengers evacuated and regulators launch checks as Suvarnabhumi plans another ฿210 billion expansion push.
A China Airlines passenger jet sank into collapsing pavement at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday night, trapping the aircraft for nearly four hours. All 116 passengers were evacuated as five flights faced disruption. By Thursday, officials blamed heavy rainfall and rising groundwater. However, the incident has revived serious questions about Thailand’s ฿120 billion airport, opened in 2006.
A China Airlines passenger jet became trapped in a subsiding runway surface at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday evening. The emergency disrupted five flights and forced the evacuation of 116 passengers.