July 6 - Thai bringing A340-600 to JFK

I got an email from someone telling me that Thai will be bringing in an A340-600 tomorrow at JFK.

The Thai A346 is on its way. Hopefully the weather clears and I will try and get out to shoot it.

Airline Thai Airways Intl
Flight Number 790D
Departure City (Airport) Osaka, Japan (RJBB)
Departure Time 07/06/2005 05:10 PM
Arrival City (Airport) New York, NY (JFK)
Arrival Time 07/06/2005 05:09 PM
Remaining Flight Time 09:03
Aircraft Type A346
Flight Status In Flight

Here's some information the DEPARTURE, which is tonight at 7:30PM.

Airline Thai Airways Intl
Flight Number 791
Departure City (Airport) New York, NY (JFK)
Departure Time 07/06/2005 07:30 PM
Arrival City (Airport) Bangkok, Thailand (VTBD)
Arrival Time 07/07/2005 10:53 PM
Remaining Flight Time 16:23 (scheduled)
Aircraft Type A346
Current Altitude 0 feet
Current Groundspeed 0 mph
Flight Status Scheduled


And an update on the arrival, now scheduled for 4:34PM.

Airline Thai Airways Intl
Flight Number 790D
Departure City (Airport) Osaka, Japan (RJBB)
Departure Time 07/06/2005 09:02 PM
Arrival City (Airport) New York, NY (JFK)
Arrival Time 07/06/2005 04:34 PM
Remaining Flight Time 01:48
Aircraft Type A346
Current Altitude 0 feet
Current Groundspeed 0 mph
Flight Status In Flight


Might try to coaxe dad out for the departure. As of 3PM, JFK has arrivals on 31R and 31L, departures on 31L.

Brian

Does anyone have an idea why this A346 came from Osaka instead of Bangkok, and why it has the weird arrival/departure times (i.e., not the times for flight 790/791)?

well here it is, came in just before 5:30, the weather cleared just enough to get some sunlight.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...6_jfk31r1a.jpg

Nice shot eric! Does anyone know why everything was all different?

Eric's done it again! We shouldn't tell you when special things like this come in anymore...your shots are just too good. Well done. :)

Brian

thanks alot guys,

Senga was also out there, he took some shots from bridge at the airport.


Eric

Nice shot Eric,
We got that plane from both angles! Yes, I did go to the Bridge to get my shots. Here it is shot number 2.
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/TNA.jpg

Senga

Does anyone know why the THA A346 was at JFK let alone comming from Osaka, Japan?
It when it departed it flew to Bangkok
Senga

Senga, you're in luck, our good friend Monty's been on top of things...

LongreachAU: cos the 345 went technical and it had to stop in KIX to get juice

So seems as if the passengers were stranded in Osaka and A345 #2 wasn't available...not complaining!

Brian

Brian
it went technical in BKK so the 346 was assigned...the 346 can't do BKK-JFK-BKK without a stop and KIX is that stop, they use KIX because it's already a TG port of call enroute to the USA, think LAX-BKK stops in Osaka on certain days of the week. just a fuel stop, not pax were offloaded or added.

also, the TG flight from BKK-JFK on 19 june which was diverted to Anchroage was due to medical emergencey with the passenger later passing away.

Whoops, guess I was a little off target. :)

Thanks for clearing it up, Mont.

The TG A340-600 was back at JFK today, I assume another tech. issue.