Don Mueang Airport’s director transferred over horrific accident
THE Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) today (July 26) transferred the director of Don Mueang Airport to the head office after a female passenger’s left leg was severed till the knee upon being swallowed by a moving walkway on June 29, Matichon newspaper said. The director, Mr. Karun Thanakuljeerapat, will now assume the position […]
Read MoreDon Mueang ranked as 26th most dangerous airport in the world
IN A REPORT updated this month luxury travel website The Boutique Adventurer has ranked Don Mueang International Airport as the 26th most dangerous airport out of 29 it has listed, Sanook.com said today (June 30). Mentioned in this list are not just airports in developing countries with some of those in developed nations, such […]
Read MoreWat Don cemetery bustling as people flock in to listen to music
THE majority of Bangkokians do not seem bothered about attending a concert in a known haunted place to go by the large crowd that showed up at Tio Chew Association park, aka Wat Don cemetery, in Sathorn to attend this afternoon’s event (June 26), INN News said. Performing at the park-cum-cemetery from 4 p.m. […]
Read MoreFierce storm knocks down part of airport’s new building, many roads floods
THE FIERCE summer storm that raged across Bangkok from late afternoon to evening today (Apr. 18) caused the roof and a wall of a new building at Don Muang Airport to collapse while commuters are struggling to get through heavy traffic jams on many flooded roads, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said. The violent storm that […]
Read MorePrayut opts to not attend Asean summit
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has decided to not attend the Asean summit taking place in Jakarta on Saturday April 24 and instead has assigned Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai to do so in his place, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (April 19). Many countries are watching this summit as Myanmar junta leader Gen Min Aung […]
Read MoreBig southern gangster caught after hair-raising chase
POLICE in southern Nakhon Si Thammarat city chased a Mafia don and his underling across five districts last night before finally stopping them by firing shots to flatten rear tyres of their pickup truck and finding three kilogrammes of fresh kratom leaves in their possession, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 11, 2020). The wild […]
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