Acceptance ceremony for Saab 340B aircraft for RTAF (photo : RTAF)
Air force swaps 3 planes for 1
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has exchanged three G222 transport aircraft with a Saab 340B aircraft from Sweden as the G222 planes, which already had been grounded, had no spare parts.
The Saab 340B aircraft has arrived in Surat Thani and was handed over by Saab on May 2, a source at the RTAF said.
The air force earlier purchased 12 Gripen fighter jets, a Saab 340 AEW airborne early warning aircraft and a Saab 340 aircraft from the Swedish manufacturer.
The air force had six G222 planes and all had been grounded due to a lack of spare parts.
Air Marshal Chumphon Chanthavani travelled to the USA to sign a contract to exchange the aircraft on Feb 23.
Saab handed over its aircraft to the air force at Wing 7 in Surat Thani on May 2.
Meanwhile, air force spokesman Monthon Satchukorn said an investigative team looking into an accident involving a Thai air force plane in Bangladesh has returned to Thailand and is assessing damages caused to the plane.
The ATR-72-500 aircraft lost control and skidded off a runway at a Bangladeshi airport on April 30.
Three passengers suffered minor injuries.
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