THAI TG281 Bangkok-Samui returned safely to Suvarnabhumi due to technical glitch; 159 passengers, crew transferred to a new aircraft. According to initial reports, the emergency landing was due to technical difficulties after the pilot had discovered problems in the landing gear. MCOT
(22 March) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hit back at an American reporter who called Thai authorities “jerks” for their alleged delay in publishing the flight data of the missing Malaysian jet. Thai officials have previously indicated that military radars manned by the Royal Thai Air Force have detected the suspected presence of flight […]
Four flights unable to land at Chiang Mai airport due to haze from forest fire, forced to return to Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi. News source: MCOT
BANGKOK, March 18 – A Royal Thai Air Force radar station in the southern region detected a passenger aircraft departing Malaysia but which U-turned to Penang which may have been the Malaysian jetliner before it went missing, according to Thai Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Prachin Chantong. ACM Prachin said that Malaysian authorities […]
BANGKOK, March 16 – The Royal Thai Air Force today reaffirmed that its radar system did not detect the missing Malaysia Airlines flight following the latest remarks by the Malaysian prime minister that the jetliner was deliberately deviated and announcement of new search corridors cover Kazakhstan to northern Thailand and Indonesia to the South Indian […]
BANGKOK, March 15 – Royal Thai Navy has stopped the search operation for missing Malaysian jetliner flight MH370, pending new requests after the Malaysian PM stated that the aircraft’s disappearance was apparently deliberate, according to navy spokeman. Rear Adm Kan Dee-ubol, the navy secretary, said that navy chief Adm Narong Pipathanasai had ordered the suspension […]
MALAYSIA, 15 March 2014 – Malaysian Government officials have concluded that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was hijacked, saying that someone was able to switch off the plane’s communication devices and steer it off-course. The claim comes after a week of unsuccessful searching for MH370, after the evaluation of evidence indicating that the plane […]
The use of fake passports by two passengers on the missing flight MH370 last week, which led to Thailand being named as a hub for passport theft and forgery, has caused the Department of Consular Affairs to respond by declaring that the Thai passport is one of the most difficult to forge in the world. […]
