As investigators concentrate on poor natural gas conversions, five additional buses have been seized.
PUBLISHED: 3 Oct 2024 at 18: 35
According to the Department of Land Transport, the owner of the vehicle that caught fireplace and killed 23 Pathum Thani students and teachers tried to conceal some oil cylinders on different cars in the same ship.
According to Jirut Wisanjit, director-general of the office, the firm seized five cars while removing their gas cylinder after they failed to deliver them for assessment on Thursday as ordered and found them via GPS in a garage in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Mr. Jirut announced on Thursday that additional cylinders that had been installed improperly on the buses were being taken out of the car in the Muang district’s Nakhon Ratchasima, tambon Khok Kruad.
He said,” It indicates an intention to conceal the wrongdoing caused by the illegal modification of the vehicles.”
The vehicle that caught fire and killed 20 kids and three professors from Uthai Thani during a field journey on Tuesday was one of six cars that made up the ship.
The vehicle involved in the drama on Tuesday had been operating for more than 50 years and had undergone numerous modifications. Although it had been updated to use oil, the setup was not up to par. The licence of its Sing Buri-based operator, Chinnaboot Engineering ( Thailand ) Co, has been suspended pending further investigations.
The vehicle had more cylinder than was permitted, according to Pol Lt Gen Trairong Phewphan, director of the officers forensic science device, and there was clear evidence of wrongdoing.
Researchers found 11 gas cylinders in the vehicle, but only six, according to him, had been approved and certified by property transportation authorities.
According to him, investigative authorities have determined that oil had leaked out before the fireplace, but they have not yet established a conclusive cause of the fire’s start.
Leaders are checking the cars ‘ gas cylinders to see if the setups are in compliance with rules.
In Nakhon Ratchasima, the Department of Land Transport’s substance has seized cars parked there.