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One-Two-Go Airlines

January 01, 1970

Not to be confused with One Two Three Airlines or 2GO.

One-Two-Go Airlines Co. Ltd[1] (Thai: วัน-ทู-โก แอร์ไลน์) was a low-cost airline based in Don Mueang, 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 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]

One-Two-Go Airlines
วัน ทู โก แอร์ไลน์
IATA ICAO Callsign
OG OTG THAI EXPRESS
Founded2003 (2003)
Commenced operations3 December 2003 (2003-12-03)
Ceased operationsJuly 2010 (2010-07)
(merged into Orient Thai Airlines)
Operating basesDon Mueang International Airport
Parent companyOrient Thai Airlines
HeadquartersDon Mueang, Bangkok, Thailand
Key peopleUdom Tantiprasongchai (Chairman)

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

One-Two-Go Airlines served domestic destinations Chiang Rai and Phuket from their base at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.

Former fleet edit

 
A One-Two-Go Boeing 757 in storage at the Victorville Airport.(Registration Number: HS-BTA)
 
A One-Two-Go MD-82.(Registration Number: HS-OMC)

One-Two-Go Airlines had operated the following aircraft:[14]

The airline was in negotiations to purchase several used MD-80s aircraft for expansion.[15] This never happened.

Incidents and accidents edit

 
The wreckage of McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) HS-OMG.

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][23] 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.[24] "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.[23]

References edit

  1. ^ "STATUS OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE ACCIDENT OF ONE TWO GO AIRLINES FLIGHT OG 269." () Royal Thai Embassy of Singapore. Retrieved on 6 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Contact Us 2010-02-02 at the Wayback Machine." One-Two-GO Airlines. Retrieved on 4 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 59.
  4. ^ "ปิดฉาก "วันทูโก"" [Concluded "One to Go"]. Positioning Magazine (in Thai). 2008-08-05. from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  5. ^ "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. from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  6. ^ "EU Bans Thai, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Benin Airlines From EU". The Wall Street Journal. from the original on 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  7. ^ "EUROPA - Press Releases - Commission updates the list of airlines banned from European airspace". Europa.eu. 2009-04-08. from the original on 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  8. ^ a b . Australian Channel 9. 2007. Archived from the original (mp4) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  9. ^ "Families Blame Lax Safety for Budget Airline Crash". The Sunday Times. 2008-07-20. from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  10. ^ "One-Two-Go Airlines Flight OG269, HS-OMG September 16, 2007, Phuket, Thailand" (PDF). NTSB/Dca07Ra063. National Transportation Safety Board. 2009. (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  11. ^ "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. (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  12. ^ Blake, Heidi (22 March 2011). "Thai airline 'covered up failings behind crash which killed 90'". The Telegraph. from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  13. ^ 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). (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  14. ^ "One-Two-Go Fleet". Ch-aviation.ch. from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  15. ^ "One-Two-Go to purchase ex-JAL MD-80's". Flightglobal.com. 2007-07-12. from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  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.
  17. ^ "Today in History". AP News. 2017-09-16. from the original on 2023-09-28.
  18. ^ "Crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in Phuket: 90 killed". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. from the original on 2023-09-28.
  19. ^ "Scores killed in Thai plane crash". BBC News. 16 September 2007. from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  20. ^ 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).
  21. ^ Watts, Jonathan (September 17, 2007). "Survivors angry that pilot tried to land plane in monsoon storm". The Guardian. from the original on August 31, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  22. ^ . The Australian. Archived from the original on 2007-09-19.
  23. ^ a b Finlay, Mark (2021-09-15). "What Happened To Thai Low-Cost Carrier One-Two-Go Airlines?". Simple Flying. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  24. ^ "ONE-TWO-GO AIRLINES Pilot error blamed for crash". Bangkok Post. 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-21.

External links edit

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Not to be confused with One Two Three Airlines or 2GO The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met December 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message One Two Go Airlines Co Ltd 1 Thai wn thu ok aexriln was a low cost airline based in Don Mueang 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 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 One Two Go Airlineswn thu ok aexrilnIATA ICAO Callsign OG OTG THAI EXPRESSFounded2003 2003 Commenced operations3 December 2003 2003 12 03 Ceased operationsJuly 2010 2010 07 merged into Orient Thai Airlines Operating basesDon Mueang International AirportParent companyOrient Thai AirlinesHeadquartersDon Mueang Bangkok ThailandKey peopleUdom Tantiprasongchai Chairman Contents 1 History 2 Former destinations 3 Former fleet 4 Incidents and accidents 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe 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 editOne Two Go Airlines served domestic destinations Chiang Rai and Phuket from their base at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok Former fleet edit nbsp A One Two Go Boeing 757 in storage at the Victorville Airport Registration Number HS BTA nbsp A One Two Go MD 82 Registration Number HS OMC One Two Go Airlines had operated the following aircraft 14 6 McDonnell Douglas MD 82 Operated by Orient Thai Airlines 1 McDonnell Douglas MD 83 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 edit nbsp The wreckage of McDonnell Douglas DC 9 82 MD 82 HS OMG 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 23 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 24 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 23 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 pidchak wnthuok Concluded One to Go Positioning Magazine in Thai 2008 08 05 Archived from the original on 2019 06 27 Retrieved 2020 05 21 salfrngessitswnkhdiyatiehyux wnthuok fxngxditprathansaykarbinthan khakhntay 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 a b Finlay Mark 2021 09 15 What Happened To Thai Low Cost Carrier One Two Go Airlines Simple Flying Retrieved 2023 09 28 ONE TWO GO AIRLINES Pilot error blamed for crash Bangkok Post 2008 07 21 Retrieved 2008 07 21 External links edit nbsp Media related to One Two GO Airlines at Wikimedia CommonsPortals nbsp Thailand nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title One Two Go Airlines amp oldid 1204922399, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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