International news reports state that the Bangkok airport is closed which is causing confusion. The major international airport remains open. According the the Airport Organization of Thailand the Suvarnabhumi airport is safe and operating as normal and assumed 100% safe from flood. Don Muang Airport, which typically handles a number of domestic flights, is closed […]
Images of a Thai Airways International Airbus stranded in deep floodwater at Don Mueang airport have caused misconceptions among many people outside Thailand that Bangkok is closed to air traffic. That has frustrated both airlines and the management of Suvarnabhumi Airport, the country’s gateway, where it is business as usual and flood prevention defences are […]
Thai army chief has indicated that salvaging Don Muang Airport is a priority and asked the protesters at Klong Sam Wa floodgate to think about the greater good. Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha said that among the places that must be salvaged once the flooding situation subsides, Don Muang Airport must be made a priority. […]
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport places high confidence in its flood-prevention scheme, with the 3.5-metre-high and 37-metre wide earthern dyke and sheet piles to slow the currents as well as other preventive measures. Airports of Thailand Senior Executive Vice President Somchai Sawasdeepon said that the airport also has a team of officers to monitor water levels at […]
BANGKOK, Oct 31 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the capital’s municipal government, has declared six districts to be areas requiring evacuation as the northern run-off is crawling towards the inner city and areas along the Chao Phraya River is experiencing high tide Monday. The six districts warned to evacuate are Don Mueang, Laksi, Bang […]
Bangkok’s Chaeng Wattana Road and surrounding areas have been inundated by overflow from Khlong Prapa after an earth dyke in Don Muang district was destroyed by angry residents. The damaged dyke near Wat Nawong in Don Muang caused a huge volume of floodwater to flow into the Prapa canal, which supplies tap water to Bangkok. […]
BANGKOK, Oct 27 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday pledged to continue fighting the country’s worst flooding in decades as Bangkok is now entering a critical point. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra urged immediate evacuation of residents of Sai Mai district in northern Bangkok as the flood crisis worsens. Floodwaters are spreading to larger […]
As of Thursday’s morning, the floodwater has kept on rising in northern and western Bangkok. On Vibhavadi-Rangsit Highway, the inundation has spreaded to Wat Lak Si, located about 200 meters from the Don Muang Tollway ramp. The water level is about 50 centimeters. On Phaholyothin Road, the floodwater from Future Park Rangsit shopping mall to […]
