PUBLISHED: 3 Mar 2024 at 15 :52
After electrical problems on Saturday nights caused the aircraft to dismiss all flights, technicians at Krabi International Airport are attempting to rebuild the runway and tarmac lighting systems before dark on Sunday.
Takeoffs and landings resumed on Sunday as a result of technicians ‘ restoration of the Precision Approach Path Indicator ( PAPI ) systems, which give pilots visual glideslope guidance as they approach for landing.
A short circuit in the pipe pit close to the aircraft parking bay not. caused the disruption. A power failure occurred on Saturday at around 8.30pm, resulting in a power failure. Authorities issued NOTAM ( Notice To Air Missions ) instructions to all carriers stating that all landing area lighting facilities were inoperable from 2.20am to noon on March 3 and canceled all flights in and out of Krabi airport.
508 passengers were affected by the incident, including Thai Vietjet flight not. VZ345 ( 193 ), Bangkok Airways flight number. 145 ) and the flight number from flydubai. ( 170 ) FZ1482.  ,
Transport Minister Suriya Juangruangreangkit ordered today’s delivery of lightweight runway signals to the Krabi airports so they could act as a backup program while the maintenance work was being done.
The Krabi airport’s second power outage in less than a quarter is the second one. The carrier’s electricity system was shut down for two hours on February 26 due to a little circuit, which affected 12 domestic flights. Immigration officials were forced to accept about 2, 000 travelers without adequately examining their personal information due to a power outage on February 10.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin made the announcement on Friday that Thailand would become a regional aircraft hub and one of the five largest goods submission hubs in the world.