Suvarnabhumi (pronounced 'Su - wanna - poom') Airport.  Bangkok, Thailand

September 28, 2006: Bangkok's new US$3 billion airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport opened It can handle over 75 flights per hour & 45 million passengers per year.  Tourism accounts for almost 15% of the Thai GNP & this new airport is designed to make Bangkok the leading air hub & tourist destination in Asia.

Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport is built on a drained swamp .. Cobra Swamp ..

Suvarnabhumi is known by locals affectionately  as Cobra Swamp Field.

 

The beautiful new terminal is sinking .. subsidence .. 

due to improper construction techniques & the drained swamp location.

January, 2007: The new airport is plagued by foundation problems in the terminal area & on the landing strip .. blamed on the swampy location and inferior design / construction.. flights may be forced back to old Don Muang.

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Tel: +66 6-533-4822   Fax:+66 2-928-4655  Email:   alann@asianet.co.th

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January, 2007.  Foundation problems are now being noted on runways &  in Suvarnabhumi's terminal .. & all is attributed to corruption in former PM Thaksin's ousted government ..

Suvarnabhumi Airport was claimed as one of the crowning achievements of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin.  The military-installed government that ousted Thaksin has opened several corruption investigations into the airport .. the airport has become a focal point of corruption investigations into Thaksin's administration.

Both domestic & international flights in January 2007 are being delayed dues to runway safety.

 4 months after opening Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport is suffering from cracked runways .. cracks large enough to pose a safety risk. 

More than 100,000 sq meters (1,000,000 sq feet) of runway are affected. The the construction was bonded by Diphaya Insurance.
Repair costs are expected to be more than Bt1 billion.

Problems reportedly are due to inferior design, poor construction technique & concrete not up to specification.

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A least the taxi drivers are ready for the opening of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The Suvarnabhumi runway cracks were reported in the Bangkok Post 2 years prior to the airport opening.   A lawsuit was threatened by the PM Thaksin's cronies /  contractors.  The Bangkok Post published a retraction & the editor who uncovered the faulty construction was fired!

24 August 2005, Bangkok Post news editor Chadin Thepaval was forced to resign because of law suites threatened by  ousted PM Thaksin .. he correctly reported cracks in the runway of Thailand's new Suvarnabhumi Airport.