Tag: Crew

Bangkok

March 17, 2011

Travellers from Japan checked for radiation at Suvarnabhumi airport

Airport screening turns up no positive tests Thai Health authorities have started screening tests for possible radiation contamination among passengers arriving from Japan as the nuclear crisis escalates in the tsunami-hit country. Authorities have told Thais travelling to the area to take iodine tablets to protect against radiation exposure. About 550 Thai passengers including cabin […]

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News

February 28, 2011December 6, 2023

Thai Airways to enforce waistline rules on their flight attendants

BANGKOK, 28 February 2011 (NNT)-Director-General of Department of Labor Protection and Welfare of the Ministry of Labor Mrs. Amporn Nitisiri encouraged Thai Airways flight attendants to speak openly with their employer over rules regarding their waistlines. According to Mrs. Amporn, Thai Airways cabin crews have lodged a complaint against the airlines last week for enforcing […]

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PC Air was the first airline in Thailand to hire Transgender staff

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February 10, 2011June 4, 2016

Thai airline hires ladyboys as flight attendants (Video)

PC Air, a new Thai airline has hired four transsexuals, including a former beauty queen, as flight attendants. PC Air has already recruited six crew of the “third sex” and boss Peter Chan said recruitment, driven by a belief in equal rights, would continue. Thai airline hires ladyboys as flight attendants by ODNandfinally

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News

December 27, 2010December 6, 2023

Foreign Ministry seeks to help Thai crew on vessel seized by Somali pirates

BANGKOK, Dec 27 – Thailand’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs is actively trying to help the crew aboard a Thai vessel seized by Somali pirates Friday in Omani waters in the Arabian Sea, a senior ministry official said on Monday. Thani Thongpakdi, director-general of the foreign ministry’s Information Department, made the statement following media reports that […]

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News

December 25, 2010December 6, 2023

Somali pirates seize Thai ship in Indian Ocean

Brussels, Dec 25 (DPA) Pirates early Saturday seized the MV Thor Nexus general cargo ship in the Indian Ocean with its crew of 27 Thai nationals, the European Union’s Atalanta mission reported. The EU Naval Force (NAVFOR) Operation Atalanta said that the 20,377-ton Thai-owned and flagged vessel was pirated about 450 nautical miles northeast of […]

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Phuket

December 8, 2010December 7, 2023

Phuket King’s Cup Regatta crewman dies

A crewman on a Phuket King’s Cup Regatta racing yacht was found dead on board the vessel, at anchor off Phuket’s Kata beach, on Wednesday. The man is believed to be a Canadian who was an expat resident of Phuket. Police are still on board the vessel, but there are no indications of suspicious circumstances. […]

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Bangkok

September 10, 2010

Bangkok: Bandits beat TMB guard, escape with $696,000

A TMB money truck was robbed yesterday near Seacon Square mall in eastern Bangkok, by three men who made off with Bt16 million (S$696 000). Bangkok police chief Pol LtGeneral Santhan Chayanont said yesterday’s heist was conducted in a manner similar to the recent robbery of a money truck belonging to bakery firm Farmhouse. Thanachote […]

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Pattaya

September 9, 2010January 13, 2017

Tourist speedboat heading to Koh Lan capsizes in Pattaya Bay, 20 Korean tourists safe

Tourist speedboat heading to Koh Lan capsizes in Pattaya Bay, Thailand; 20 Korean tourists safe. The MCOT News Agency reported. Fully Ladened Tour Boat Sinks with 19 Korean Tourists Aboard A speedboat carrying 19 Korean tourists and two crew has sunk in the Pattaya Bay on Thursday morning. Sixteen of the tourists have since been […]

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