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{{Short description|Defunct domestic airline of Thailand (2003–2010)}} |
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airline=One-Two-GO Airlines <BR><small>วัน ทู โก แอร์ไลน์</small>| |
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logo=One-two-go 717.JPG| |
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| airline = One-Two-Go Airlines <br />{{lang|th|วัน ทู โก แอร์ไลน์}} |
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fleet_size=5| |
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| logo = One Two Go logo.svg |
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destinations=8| |
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| logo_size = 150 |
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IATA=OG| |
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| IATA = OG |
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ICAO=OTG| |
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| ICAO = OTG |
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callsign=THAI EXPRESS| |
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| callsign = THAI EXPRESS |
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parent=[[Orient Thai Airlines]]| |
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| founded = {{start date|2003|||df=yes}} |
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company_slogan =Be truthful to be a pride of Thai| |
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| commenced = {{start date|2003|12|03|df=yes}} |
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founded=3 December 2003| |
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| ceased = {{end date|2010|07||df=yes}}<br />{{small|(merged into [[Orient Thai Airlines]])}} |
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headquarters=[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]| |
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| bases = [[Don Mueang International Airport]] |
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key_people=Udom Tantiprasongchai ([[Chairman]])| |
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hubs=[[Don Muang International Airport]]| |
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website=http://www.fly12go.com| |
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| parent = [[Orient Thai Airlines]] |
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| headquarters = [[Don Mueang district]], [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] |
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| key_people = {{bulleted list| |
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| Udom Tantiprasongchai ([[Chairman]]) |
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| Nina Tantiprasongchai }} |
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'''One-Two-Go Airlines Co. Ltd'''<ref>"[http://www.thaiembassy.sg/press_media/news-highlights/status-of-the-inquiry-into-the-accident-of-one-two-go-airlines-flight-og STATUS OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE ACCIDENT OF ONE TWO GO AIRLINES FLIGHT OG 269]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130301054340/http://www.thaiembassy.sg/press_media/news-highlights/status-of-the-inquiry-into-the-accident-of-one-two-go-airlines-flight-og Archive]) Royal Thai Embassy of Singapore. Retrieved on 6 April 2013.</ref> ({{langx|th|วัน-ทู-โก แอร์ไลน์}}) was a [[low-cost airline]] based in [[Don Mueang district]], [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].<ref>"[http://www.fly12go.com/en/contact/index.php Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202184038/http://www.fly12go.com/en/contact/index.php |date=2010-02-02 }}." One-Two-GO Airlines. Retrieved on 4 March 2010.</ref> Its main base was [[Don Mueang International Airport]], Bangkok.<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 59 | date= 2007-04-10}}</ref> It was owned and managed by [[Orient Thai Airlines]] and CEO Udom Tantiprasongchai and his wife Nina Tantiprasongchai. The One-Two-Go brand was retired in July 2010, after the fatal crash of flight [[One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269|OG 269]] in September 2007 was blamed substantially on misconduct by the airline, with the aircraft re-branded under Orient Thai Airlines. On 9 October 2018, Orient Thai Airlines ceased all operations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ปิดฉาก "วันทูโก"|url=https://positioningmag.com/11123|date=2008-08-05|website=Positioning Magazine|language=th|trans-title=Concluded "One to Go"|access-date=2020-05-21|archive-date=2019-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627235656/https://positioningmag.com/11123|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ศาลฝรั่งเศสไต่สวนคดีญาติเหยื่อ 'วันทูโก' ฟ้องอดีตประธานสายการบินฐาน 'ฆ่าคนตาย'|url=https://mgronline.com/around/detail/9620000059832|date=2019-06-24|website=mgronline.com|language=th|trans-title=French court investigates relative of 'One Two Go' victim suing former airline chairman 'kill man'|access-date=2020-05-21|archive-date=2019-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627235637/https://mgronline.com/around/detail/9620000059832|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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'''One-Two-GO Airlines''' ([[Thai language|Thai]]: [http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B9-%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%81 วัน-ทู-โก แอร์ไลน์]) is a [[Low-cost carrier|low-cost airline]] based in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. It is the domestic subsidiary of [[Orient Thai Airlines]]. Its main base is [[Don Mueang International Airport]], Bangkok.<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 59 | date= 2007-04-10}}</ref> |
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==History== |
== History == |
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The airline started operations on 3 December 2003.<ref name="FI"/> |
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A Phuket bound plane crashed at phuket international airport after flying from Bangkok on a budget flight on the 16 september. 90% of the passengers are belived to be dead. The aircraft came down in heavy rain. The Aircraft is believed to be an MD 80 aircraft. |
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Following the crash of Flight 269 in Phuket, Thailand on 16 September 2007, One-Two-Go was banned from flying in European Union nations due to safety concerns.<ref>{{cite news |title=EU Bans Thai, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Benin Airlines From EU |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090408-704139.html |access-date=2017-03-14 |archive-date=2009-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412065822/http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090408-704139.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== Destinations == |
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On 8 April 2009, the [[European Commission]] added One-Two-Go Airlines to its [[blacklist]] of airline operators banned from entering European [[airspace]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2009-04-08 |title=EUROPA - Press Releases - Commission updates the list of airlines banned from European airspace |url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/560&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en |access-date=2012-05-16 |website=Europa.eu |archive-date=2009-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413152245/http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/560&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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As of May 2007, One-Two-GO operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:<Ref>[http://www.fly12go.com/en/flight_fare/flight_schedule_domestic.shtml One-Two-GO Airlines domestic schedule]</ref> |
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Corruption within One-Two-Go Airlines and the Thai Department of Civil Aviation was a factor for the crash investigators of Flight 269. |
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*[[Thailand]] |
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**[[Bangkok]] ([[Don Mueang International Airport]]) '''base''' |
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**[[Bangkok]] ([[Suvarnabhumi Airport]])<ref>http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/03Sep2007_biz33.php</ref> |
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**[[Chiang Mai]] ([[Chiang Mai International Airport]]) |
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**[[Chiang Rai]] ([[Chiang Rai International Airport]]) |
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**[[Hat Yai]] ([[Hat Yai International Airport]]) |
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**[[Krabi]] ([[Krabi Airport]]) |
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**[[Nakhon Si Thammarat]] ([[Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport]]) |
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**[[Phuket]] ([[Phuket International Airport]]) |
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**[[Surat Thani]] ([[Surat Thani Airport]]) |
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Australia's Channel 9 broadcast a program in November 2007 which detailed accusations of maintenance fraud and specifically by CEO Udom Tantiprasongchai, coercion and bribery of pilots to fly excessive hours.<ref name="expose2">{{cite news|year=2007|title=Cut Price Safety|work=Australian Channel 9|format=mp4|url=http://investigateudom.com/files/OTG_expose.mp4|url-status=dead|access-date=July 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327162159/http://investigateudom.com/files/OTG_expose.mp4|archive-date=2012-03-27}}</ref> The program contained an interview with lead Thai investigator Director-General Vuttichai Singhamany as he reviewed the daily flight rosters for One-Two-Go given to him by reporter Ferguson, documenting the Captain and First Officer's schedules showing that both pilots had flown beyond the legal limit for the week and for the month of the crash. Director-General Vuttichai said he would demand an explanation for the fraud from One-Two-Go.<ref name="expose2" /> |
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== Fleets == |
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In late February 2008, the victim's families, concerned about the impartiality and transparency of the crash investigation, created a website and on-line petition called InvestigateUdom.com calling for a proper investigation into the root causes of the crash.<ref name="timesonline2">{{Cite news|date=2008-07-20|title=Families Blame Lax Safety for Budget Airline Crash|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4364087.ece|access-date=2011-07-23|archive-date=2008-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906200058/http://timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4364087.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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As of September 2007, the One-Two-GO Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:<REF>[http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Orient%20Thai%20Airlines.htm= Airfleets.com One-Two-GO Airlines fleet details]</ref> |
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The lead Thai Department of Civil Aviation investigator reported that documents he had received from One-Two-Go were fiction. The National Transportation Safety Board (which were also investigating the accident) report included the true work rosters, obtained by the family of a victim. The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report documented possible check ride fraud among four other One-Two-Go pilots in the months following the crash.<ref name="NTSB Report2">{{cite journal|year=2009|title=One-Two-Go Airlines Flight OG269, HS-OMG September 16, 2007, Phuket, Thailand|url=http://investigateudom.com/files/NTSB/427510.pdf|journal=NTSB/Dca07Ra063|publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|access-date=July 14, 2011|archive-date=March 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327162132/http://investigateudom.com/files/NTSB/427510.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|29}}<ref name="Lawsuit2">{{cite journal|year=2008|title=Deceased v. One-Two-GO Airlines, Orient Thai Airlines|url=http://www.investigateudom.com/files/OrientThai.pdf|journal=US District Court Southern District of Florida Miami Division 08-22558-CIV-MOORE/SIMONTON|page=57|access-date=July 14, 2011|archive-date=July 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713052627/http://www.investigateudom.com/files/OrientThai.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Email in Press2">{{cite news|author=Blake|first=Heidi|date=22 March 2011|title=Thai airline 'covered up failings behind crash which killed 90'|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8396544/Thai-airline-covered-up-failings-behind-crash-which-killed-90.html|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-date=23 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923010752/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8396544/Thai-airline-covered-up-failings-behind-crash-which-killed-90.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* 3 [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-100]] |
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* 1 [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200]] |
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* 3 [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-300]] |
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* 6 [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-82]] |
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* 1 [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] |
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Three years after the crash, the British government began its inquest process into the deaths of the eight British citizens killed. The inquest, held 22–23 March 2011, was presided over by H.M. Coroner, S.P.G. Fisher. Coroner Fisher relied on a British aviation investigator, the NTSB, and Thai reports, and victim and family statements to make his conclusions.<ref name="Coroner Report22">{{cite web|author=Fisher|first=S.P.G.|year=2011|title=HM Coroner's Summary into the 8 Inquests of an Air Accident that Occurred on the One-Two-GO Airlines|url=http://www.investigateudom.com/files/InquestStatement.pdf|access-date=July 14, 2011|archive-date=July 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713051746/http://www.investigateudom.com/files/InquestStatement.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> He cited the "flagrant disregard for passenger safety" by the airline and said, "the primary failure so far as I am concerned relates to the corporate culture which prevailed both One-Two-Go Airlines and Orient Thai Airlines prior to and following the air crash." Fisher twice contacted the airline to send a representative to the hearing. The airline replied that they would not take part in the proceedings.<ref name="Coroner Report22" /> |
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==Accidents== |
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* On [[16 September]],[[2007]] a [[One-Two-GO Airlines]] [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80/MD-90|MD-82]], [[Flight OG 269]] flying from [[Bangkok]] with 123 passengers and 5 crew members crashed after heavy storms after attempting to land on a runway at [[Phuket International Airport]]. The aircraft split in two.<ref>http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/09/16/headlines/headlines_30049141.php</ref><ref>http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/09/16/headlines/headlines_30049142.php</ref> |
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== Former destinations == |
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During its seven-year existence, One-Two-Go Airlines served the following domestic destinations, all from its base at [[Don Mueang International Airport]] in [[Bangkok]]: |
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*[[Chiang Mai]] ([[Chiang Mai International Airport]]) |
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* {{en icon}} [http://www.fly12go.com/en/main.shtml One-Two-GO Airlines official website] |
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*[[Chiang Rai]] ([[Chiang Rai International Airport]]) |
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* {{th icon}} [http://www.fly12go.com One-Two-GO Airlines official website] |
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*[[Phuket]] ([[Phuket International Airport]]) |
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*[[Surat Thani]] ([[Surat Thani International Airport]]) |
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*[[Nakhon Si Thammarat]] ([[Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport]]) |
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*[[Trang, Thailand|Trang]] ([[Trang Airport]]) |
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*[[Khon Kaen]] ([[Khon Kaen Airport]]) |
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*[[Krabi]] ([[Krabi International Airport]]) |
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*[[Ubon Ratchathani]] ([[Ubon Ratchathani Airport]]) |
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*[[Phitsanulok]] ([[Phitsanulok Airport]]) |
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*[[Narathiwat]] ([[Narathiwat Airport]]) |
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*[[Udon Thani]] ([[Udon Thani International Airport]]) |
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*[[Hat Yai]] ([[Hat Yai International Airport]]) |
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==Former fleet== |
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[[Image:One-two-go-757-HS-DTA-070403-vcv-01-10.jpg|thumb|A One-Two-Go [[Boeing 757]] in storage at the [[Victorville Airport]].(Registration Number: HS-BTA)]] |
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[[Image:One-Two-GO Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82.jpg|thumb|A One-Two-Go [[MD-82]].(Registration Number: HS-OMC)]] |
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One-Two-Go Airlines had operated the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=OTG&al_op=1 |title=One-Two-Go Fleet |publisher=Ch-aviation.ch |access-date=2012-05-16 |archive-date=2012-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314054133/http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=OTG&al_op=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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[[Category:Low-cost airlines]] |
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*6 [[McDonnell Douglas MD-82]] (Operated by [[Orient Thai Airlines]]) |
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*1 [[McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] |
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*2 [[McDonnell Douglas MD-87]] |
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*4 [[Boeing 757-200]] (operated by [[Orient Thai Airlines]]) |
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*2 [[Boeing 747-100]] (operated by [[Orient Thai Airlines]]) |
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*2 [[Boeing 747-300]] (operated by [[Orient Thai Airlines]]) |
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The airline was in negotiations to purchase several used MD-80s aircraft for expansion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/forums/one-two-go-to-take-over-14-md-80s-from-jal-1009.aspx |title=One-Two-Go to purchase ex-JAL MD-80's |publisher=Flightglobal.com |date=2007-07-12 |access-date=2012-05-16 |archive-date=2012-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024125205/http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/forums/one-two-go-to-take-over-14-md-80s-from-jal-1009.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> This never happened. |
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== Incidents and accidents == |
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[[File:One-Two-Go Airlines HS-OMG wreckage.jpg|thumb|The wreckage of McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) HS-OMG.]] |
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On 16 September 2007, [[One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269]], a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-82]] (registered as HS-OMG) flying from [[Bangkok]] with 123 passengers and seven crew members, crashed in strong winds and heavy rain after attempting to land at [[Phuket International Airport]]. The aircraft was mostly destroyed in the blazing inferno<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) HS-OMG Phuket International Airport (HKT) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070916-0 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation |publication-place=Alexandria, Virginia}}</ref> that soon developed after the crash as the fuselage tore in two. 90 people were killed,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-16 |title=Today in History |url=https://apnews.com/article/74c023470e1a4b16a871fb7af52dd03d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928131956/https://apnews.com/article/74c023470e1a4b16a871fb7af52dd03d |archive-date=2023-09-28 |access-date= |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> including 5 of the crew members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in Phuket: 90 killed |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-mcdonnell-douglas-md-82-phuket-90-killed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928132219/https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-mcdonnell-douglas-md-82-phuket-90-killed |archive-date=2023-09-28 |access-date= |website=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives}}</ref> 45 of the dead were tourists.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6997381.stm | work=BBC News | title=Scores killed in Thai plane crash | date=16 September 2007 | access-date=20 May 2010 | archive-date=24 July 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724121746/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6997381.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2023|reason=There is no mention of the number 45 nor the mention of tourists. The closest it gets it saying that "At least 70 of the passengers were foreigners, officials said."}} In addition to the 90 dead, 26 people were "seriously injured" and 14 "suffered minor injuries".<ref>{{Cite web |last=((AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, THAILAND)) |title=AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT FINAL REPORT, ONE TWO GO AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED, MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 (MD-82), HS-OMG, PHUKET INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THAILAND, 16.SEPTEMBER 2007 |url=https://reports.aviation-safety.net/2007/20070916-0_MD82_HS_OMG.pdf |website= |publisher= }}</ref> Thai aviation officials initially claimed that weather was a probable factor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Watts |first=Jonathan |date=September 17, 2007 |title=Survivors angry that pilot tried to land plane in monsoon storm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/sep/18/theairlineindustry.thailand |url-status=live |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831233807/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/sep/18/theairlineindustry.thailand |archive-date=August 31, 2013 |access-date=October 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22436562-23349,00.html |title=Crash airline has history of safety doubts |newspaper=The Australian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919081819/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22436562-23349,00.html |archive-date=2007-09-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2023|reason=Does not support the preceding sentence}} The cause of the crash was later determined to be multiple flight crew errors caused by systemic failures including corruption and lack of training at One-Two-Go and within Thailand's Civil Aviation Authority, [[Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand)|Department of Civil Aviation]].<ref name="bangkok post">{{cite news |
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| url = http://www.bangkokpost.com/210708_News/21Jul2008_news008.php |
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| title = ONE-TWO-GO AIRLINES Pilot error blamed for crash |
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| newspaper = [[Bangkok Post]] |
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| access-date = 2008-07-21}}</ref> "An Australian television show" says that One-Two-Go violated safety rules, such as by having pilots fly without getting enough rest, and submitted fake documentation to hide it.{{cn|date=June 2024}} |
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One-Two-Go Airlines Co. Ltd[1] (Thai: วัน-ทู-โก แอร์ไลน์) was a low-cost airline based in Don Mueang district, Bangkok, Thailand.[2] Its main base was Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok.[3] It was owned and managed by Orient Thai Airlines and CEO Udom Tantiprasongchai and his wife Nina Tantiprasongchai. The One-Two-Go brand was retired in July 2010, after the fatal crash of flight OG 269 in September 2007 was blamed substantially on misconduct by the airline, with the aircraft re-branded under Orient Thai Airlines. On 9 October 2018, Orient Thai Airlines ceased all operations.[4][5]
History
[edit]The airline started operations on 3 December 2003.[3]
Following the crash of Flight 269 in Phuket, Thailand on 16 September 2007, One-Two-Go was banned from flying in European Union nations due to safety concerns.[6]
On 8 April 2009, the European Commission added One-Two-Go Airlines to its blacklist of airline operators banned from entering European airspace.[7]
Corruption within One-Two-Go Airlines and the Thai Department of Civil Aviation was a factor for the crash investigators of Flight 269.
Australia's Channel 9 broadcast a program in November 2007 which detailed accusations of maintenance fraud and specifically by CEO Udom Tantiprasongchai, coercion and bribery of pilots to fly excessive hours.[8] The program contained an interview with lead Thai investigator Director-General Vuttichai Singhamany as he reviewed the daily flight rosters for One-Two-Go given to him by reporter Ferguson, documenting the Captain and First Officer's schedules showing that both pilots had flown beyond the legal limit for the week and for the month of the crash. Director-General Vuttichai said he would demand an explanation for the fraud from One-Two-Go.[8]
In late February 2008, the victim's families, concerned about the impartiality and transparency of the crash investigation, created a website and on-line petition called InvestigateUdom.com calling for a proper investigation into the root causes of the crash.[9]
The lead Thai Department of Civil Aviation investigator reported that documents he had received from One-Two-Go were fiction. The National Transportation Safety Board (which were also investigating the accident) report included the true work rosters, obtained by the family of a victim. The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report documented possible check ride fraud among four other One-Two-Go pilots in the months following the crash.[10]: 29 [11][12]
Three years after the crash, the British government began its inquest process into the deaths of the eight British citizens killed. The inquest, held 22–23 March 2011, was presided over by H.M. Coroner, S.P.G. Fisher. Coroner Fisher relied on a British aviation investigator, the NTSB, and Thai reports, and victim and family statements to make his conclusions.[13] He cited the "flagrant disregard for passenger safety" by the airline and said, "the primary failure so far as I am concerned relates to the corporate culture which prevailed both One-Two-Go Airlines and Orient Thai Airlines prior to and following the air crash." Fisher twice contacted the airline to send a representative to the hearing. The airline replied that they would not take part in the proceedings.[13]
Former destinations
[edit]During its seven-year existence, One-Two-Go Airlines served the following domestic destinations, all from its base at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok:
- Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai International Airport)
- Chiang Rai (Chiang Rai International Airport)
- Phuket (Phuket International Airport)
- Surat Thani (Surat Thani International Airport)
- Nakhon Si Thammarat (Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport)
- Trang (Trang Airport)
- Khon Kaen (Khon Kaen Airport)
- Krabi (Krabi International Airport)
- Ubon Ratchathani (Ubon Ratchathani Airport)
- Phitsanulok (Phitsanulok Airport)
- Narathiwat (Narathiwat Airport)
- Udon Thani (Udon Thani International Airport)
- Hat Yai (Hat Yai International Airport)
Former fleet
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One-Two-Go Airlines had operated the following aircraft:[14]
- 6 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (Operated by Orient Thai Airlines)
- 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-87
- 4 Boeing 757-200 (operated by Orient Thai Airlines)
- 2 Boeing 747-100 (operated by Orient Thai Airlines)
- 2 Boeing 747-300 (operated by Orient Thai Airlines)
The airline was in negotiations to purchase several used MD-80s aircraft for expansion.[15] This never happened.
Incidents and accidents
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On 16 September 2007, One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (registered as HS-OMG) flying from Bangkok with 123 passengers and seven crew members, crashed in strong winds and heavy rain after attempting to land at Phuket International Airport. The aircraft was mostly destroyed in the blazing inferno[16] that soon developed after the crash as the fuselage tore in two. 90 people were killed,[17] including 5 of the crew members.[18] 45 of the dead were tourists.[19][failed verification] In addition to the 90 dead, 26 people were "seriously injured" and 14 "suffered minor injuries".[20] Thai aviation officials initially claimed that weather was a probable factor.[21][22][failed verification] The cause of the crash was later determined to be multiple flight crew errors caused by systemic failures including corruption and lack of training at One-Two-Go and within Thailand's Civil Aviation Authority, Department of Civil Aviation.[23] "An Australian television show" says that One-Two-Go violated safety rules, such as by having pilots fly without getting enough rest, and submitted fake documentation to hide it.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "STATUS OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE ACCIDENT OF ONE TWO GO AIRLINES FLIGHT OG 269." (Archive) Royal Thai Embassy of Singapore. Retrieved on 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Contact Us Archived 2010-02-02 at the Wayback Machine." One-Two-GO Airlines. Retrieved on 4 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 59.
- ^ "ปิดฉาก "วันทูโก"" [Concluded "One to Go"]. Positioning Magazine (in Thai). 2008-08-05. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ "ศาลฝรั่งเศสไต่สวนคดีญาติเหยื่อ 'วันทูโก' ฟ้องอดีตประธานสายการบินฐาน 'ฆ่าคนตาย'" [French court investigates relative of 'One Two Go' victim suing former airline chairman 'kill man']. mgronline.com (in Thai). 2019-06-24. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ "EU Bans Thai, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Benin Airlines From EU". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
- ^ "EUROPA - Press Releases - Commission updates the list of airlines banned from European airspace". Europa.eu. 2009-04-08. Archived from the original on 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ a b "Cut Price Safety". Australian Channel 9. 2007. Archived from the original (mp4) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Families Blame Lax Safety for Budget Airline Crash". The Sunday Times. 2008-07-20. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ^ "One-Two-Go Airlines Flight OG269, HS-OMG September 16, 2007, Phuket, Thailand" (PDF). NTSB/Dca07Ra063. National Transportation Safety Board. 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Deceased v. One-Two-GO Airlines, Orient Thai Airlines" (PDF). US District Court Southern District of Florida Miami Division 08-22558-CIV-MOORE/SIMONTON: 57. 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ Blake, Heidi (22 March 2011). "Thai airline 'covered up failings behind crash which killed 90'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ a b Fisher, S.P.G. (2011). "HM Coroner's Summary into the 8 Inquests of an Air Accident that Occurred on the One-Two-GO Airlines" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "One-Two-Go Fleet". Ch-aviation.ch. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "One-Two-Go to purchase ex-JAL MD-80's". Flightglobal.com. 2007-07-12. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) HS-OMG Phuket International Airport (HKT)". Aviation Safety Network. Alexandria, Virginia: Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ "Today in History". AP News. 2017-09-16. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28.
- ^ "Crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in Phuket: 90 killed". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28.
- ^ "Scores killed in Thai plane crash". BBC News. 16 September 2007. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, THAILAND. "AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT FINAL REPORT, ONE TWO GO AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED, MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 (MD-82), HS-OMG, PHUKET INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THAILAND, 16.SEPTEMBER 2007" (PDF).
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (September 17, 2007). "Survivors angry that pilot tried to land plane in monsoon storm". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 31, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ "Crash airline has history of safety doubts". The Australian. Archived from the original on 2007-09-19.
- ^ "ONE-TWO-GO AIRLINES Pilot error blamed for crash". Bangkok Post. 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
External links
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Media related to One-Two-GO Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
