BANGKOK, Dec 19 – Don Mueang Airport is to reopen on Apr 1 after the flood crisis but whether airlines will resume services there depends on their company decisions. Flying Officer Anirut Thanomkulbutra, Airports of Thailand (AoT) president, spoke Monday of the airport’s rehabilitation after it had been hit by flooding for almost two months. […]
Police arrested a 55-year-old man early Friday for allegedly planting six homemade bombs at three spots in Bangkok. The suspect, Jirawat Janphen, was paraded in front of reporters at the Metropolitan Police Bureau at 10 am without being allowed to answer reporters’ questions at all. Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung was the only one who […]
Three explosive devices have been found, one in a pile of garbage in front of a Bangkok Bank branch in Sukhumvit Soi 77 or Onnuj, another at Ladkrabang Soi 13 and one more around the Motorway. The bomb squad has successfully defused the explosives. The bombs were said to be rigged to a remote control […]
A train hit 9 vehicles that were parked on the Bangkok Asoke railway crossing while stuck in red light. At least 10 people were injured with 6 in critical condition. Among them was a railway official stationed at the crossing who had been waving a red flag to signal the train driver to stop. Read […]
A pitbull terrier attacked and killed its 71-year-old owner in a Bangkok district Wednesday, police said. Police said Somsakul Suanphairin, suffered severe wounds on her head, face and throat. Her skull was also broken. She has already died when rescuers and livestock officials arrived at her house on Soi Sukhapibal 5 in Bang Khen district […]
Thai police yesterday named 10 sites that could become bomb targets and urged people to stay away from these areas during New Year celebrations to prevent a repeat of the attacks in Bangkok five years ago that killed three and wounded 38 other revellers. The 10 locations people have been urged to stay away from […]
The International Air Travel Association (IATA) has called on the government to continue expanding Suvarnabhumi Airport rather than renovating flooded Don Mueang Airport, which would be very costly, noting that having dual airports does |not attract either airlines or tourists. Guenther Matschnigg, senior vice president for safety, operations and infrastructure at the IATA, told The […]
Construction of the 100-kilometre “MUSTS” channel is crucial to saving Bangkok from future floods, the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) reiterated yesterday. “It stands for Multi-Service Flood Tunnel System. But also, I want to say that it’s a ‘must’ here,” said Suchatchavee Suwansawas, chairman of the Thailand Underground and Tunnelling Group (TUTG) of the EIT, […]
