SIA relief flight arrives at Changi Airport after passengers, crew shaken by severe turbulence
By CNA Singapore – A total of 131 passengers and 12 crew members who were aboard a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight badly hit by turbulence arrived at Changi Airport in the early hours of Wednesday (May 22). The scheduled London to Singapore flight diverted to Bangkok after the plane was buffeted by turbulence that […]
Read MorePilot warns of festival rockets endangering flights
A THAI PILOT related a shocking incident when a rocket fired during Bun Bang Fai festival in the Northeast blazed past the airplane reaching almost 8,000 feet above sea level and urged organisers to get permission from aviation authorities before allowing people to set off these enormous home-made rockets, Naewna newspaper said today (May […]
Read MoreSnake causes chaos on Bangkok-Phuket flight
A VIDEO clip showing a snake slithering on an airplane flying from Bangkok to Phuket has gone viral with over a million views so far and questions being asked about how the critter got there in the first place, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 16). Chaos erupted on this flight on Saturday Jan. 13 […]
Read MorePM denies private businesspersons in entourage on US trip
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Sep.18) categorically dismissed news reports that some private businesspersons are joining his entourage on an official trip to the United States tonight (Sep.18). The prime minister denied that an estimated 50 members of his entourage include certain private businesspersons who might probably otherwise pay in […]
Read MoreMPs urged to probe Srettha’s 30-million-baht chartered flight to US
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OPPOSITION MPs HAVE been urged to investigate the unprecedented event in which Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will be flying a Thai Airway International airliner for as much as 30 million baht in chartered flight to the United States on Tuesday. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn of the Thai Liberal Party today (Sep.17) called […]
Read More2 Cambodians held for stealing Japanese passenger’s bag on arriving flight
SUVARNABHUMI Airport Tourist Police quickly arrested two Cambodian men after they stole a Japanese man’s bag on a flight arriving from Phnom Penh today (Jan. 18), TV Channel 7 said. The unidentified Japanese passenger had reported that two Cambodian men who were seated on the same row as him on this flight to Bangkok […]
Read MorePolice arrest Indian exec for urinating on plane passenger
By AFP and Reuters – published by DW New Delhi – Indian police authorities have arrested Shankar Mishra, formerly an executive with American banking giant Wells Fargo, for allegedly urinating on a passenger aboard an Air India flight in November. Indian media reported that Mishra had urinated on a passenger, an elderly woman, on […]
Read MoreTwo Indian men in a punch-up on Thai Smile flight
CIRCULATING on social media is a video clip of two Indian men having a punch-up on a Thai Smile flight from Bangkok to India on Dec. 27 with the air hostess successfully separating the two angry fliers, Thai Rath newspaper said. As the video clip spread rapidly online other passengers on this flight said […]
Read MoreCovid-infected Thai man found dead on flight from Saudi Arabia
AN ELDERLY Thai man who died during a flight from Saudi Arabia to Thailand was found to be infected with Covid-19 after the airplane landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport this afternoon (Dec. 10), Matichon newspaper said. The 71-year-old man was identified as Mr. Bahem Saeso. Ruamkatanyu Foundation rescuers rushed to remove his body from the plane […]
Read MoreTHAI unveils special New Year blessing flight
WITH the New Year just round the corner Thai Airways International has introduced a special flight to welcome 2021 under the slogan, “fly to receive blessings for the New Year, happy all year round,” Amarin TV reported today (Nov. 27, 2020). This special New Year’s Day flight, TG899, takes passengers on a northern route with […]
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