SAMUT PRAKAN: The body of a missing crewman was found trapped in a salvaged fishing boat reportedly swamped by a cargo ship’s wake in the Chao Phraya River on Tuesday. The body of Singh Kuekit, 50, was found inside the Por Thanu Thong fishing trawler after it was salvaged at around 8.30am on Tuesday. The […]
A Thai Airways International flight attendant has been arrested on charges of smuggling untaxed brand-name products from Italy. Sutheerat Siripalanon, the national carrier’s director for in-flight services, said the company had a policy to forbid employees from smuggling illicit goods and from exceeding the specified allowances for products with intent to avoid import duty, Thai […]
PHUKET: Marine Police and Royal Thai Navy search-and-rescue personnel this afternoon launched a search for two Myanmar crewmen who remain missing after the crab-fishing boat sank southeast of Naka Noi Island, off the east coast of Phuket, this afternoon (Aug 5). The search began after the owner of the boat, Boonrit Khaojui, notified officials of […]
Thai Airways International has reminded its flight attendants to refrain from engaging in smuggling activities or they face dismissal if caught. The terse reminder was issued today by Mr. Sutheerat Siriplanont, acting president of flight operations, after an air steward was found attempting to smuggle a large quantity of foreign cigarettes and e-cigarettes, which he […]
BANGKOK, March 4 (TNA) — Two missing Thai fishing boats were in the custody of Cambodia and all crews were safe, the spokesman of the navy said. VAdm Dechadol Phusara said that on March 2, the Fisheries Monitoring Center (FMC) of the Fisheries Department informed VAdm Banjob Phodaeng, commander of the First Naval Area, that […]
The Thai Airways International president has apologised to two passengers forced to give up their first-class seats for two off-duty pilots deadheading from Zurich to Bangkok. The aircraft’s departure was reportedly delayed for about two hours, with the on-duty pilots refusing to take off until first-class seats were made available for their off-duty colleagues. Full […]
PHUKET: An Australian already on the run for assaulting two air stewardess on a flight from Sydney to Bangkok last year has been arrested and released in Darwin after fleeing Thailand on a yacht chartered out of Phuket. O. V. D., 37, and his ex-special forces brother Shane, 43, arrived in Darwin last Sunday (Aug […]
BANGKOK — A day after American pop singer Britney Spears touched down in Bangkok, a cover of her hit “Toxic” by four fetching Thai flight attendants was posted online to celebrate her arrival. To welcome the millennial Pop Princess, Thai superfans have shown their devotion in different ways. Some attended a cosplay and lipsync audition […]
