Cathay passenger tries to open aircraft door mid-flight from Boston to Hong Kong
By Reuters and published by CNA Hong Kong – Cathay Pacific said on Friday (Dec. 12) that a passenger on flight CX811 from Boston to Hong Kong tried to open an aircraft door mid-flight on Dec 10. The airline said no passengers or crew were injured and the flight landed safely early on Thursday. […]
Read MoreAir India fight gets a bomb threat, asks to make emergency landing at Phuket
Updated at 2 p.m. AN AIR INDIA flight from Hong Kong to Phuket then onwards to New Delhi asked to make an emergency at Phuket Airport after the crew found a bomb threat in a message during the flight, Amarin TV said today (June 13). At 9.30 a.m. Flight Control Centre of Aeronautical Radio […]
Read MoreAeroflot flight in emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport
AN AEROFLOT flight carrying 331 passengers and a crew of 15 made an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport last night (Feb. 10) after circling for five hours upon departing Phuket Airport in the afternoon, Amarin TV said today, The Boeing777-300ER Aeroflot flight SU277 was heading for Moscow when it developed technical system problems and […]
Read MoreWHO again declares mpox a global public health emergency
By Reuters and published by CNA THE World Health Organization on Wednesday (Aug. 14) declared mpox (previously known as monkeypox) a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries. An emergency committee […]
Read MoreMyanmar junta extends state of emergency by 6 months
By AFP and published by CNA Yangon – Myanmar’s junta on Wednesday (July 31) extended the state of emergency by six months, again delaying fresh polls it has promised to hold as it battles opposition to its coup. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the February 2021 coup which ended a […]
Read MoreAirplane makes emergency landing at U Tapao Airport after landing gear problem
A FLYDUBAI aircraft heading from Dubai to the Philippines made an emergency landing at U Tapao Airport soon after midnight last night (June 15) after the landing gear initially failed to deploy, Sanook.com, TV Channel 7, Naewna and Daily News newspapers said. Approximately a hundred passengers plus the captain, a co-pilot and seven crew […]
Read MoreEmergency room worker plays mobile game while checking sick child
A COMPLAINT was filed to the operators of a community Facebook page that a Sakon Nakhon hospital emergency room staff member was playing a mobile game while checking a sick child brought there for medical treatment after vomiting blood, TV Channel 7 said this morning (June 6). The mother and aunt of the sick […]
Read MoreBritish man dies as airplane makes emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport
A BRITISH MAN died and many other passengers got injured after a Singapore Airlines airplane they were travelling in from London to Singapore had to make an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport after running into a severe turbulence, Amarin TV said this evening (May 21). At 7.40 p.m. Mr. Kittiphong Kittikachorn, Suvarnabhumi Airport’s general […]
Read MoreScammers using police hotline number to trick victims
THE CENTRAL Investigation Bureau (CIB) police warned the public to beware of scammers duping them by using fake police emergency hotline 191 to call them and hit them with forged warrants in order to get a big payoff, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 25). The scammers make video calls on the fake 191 hotline […]
Read More15 children hurt in emergency bridge demo accident
A CHILDREN’S DAY event ended badly when an emergency bridge put on show in Satun suddenly malfunctioned sending around 30 children tumbling to the ground with 15 rushed to the hospital, some seriously injured, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Jan. 13). The sling of the emergency bridge, from the 45th Engineer Battalion, had suddenly […]
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