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  • Nok Air explains shoddy evacuation of runaway plane in northern Thailand | Thaiger

    Nok Air explains shoddy evacuation of runaway plane in northern Thailand

    Nok Air has made a public statement apologising to passengers who sat on a Boeing 737-800 for over an hour after it skidded off Chiang Rai International Airport’s runway on Saturday evening. Several passengers have expressed dissatisfaction with the evacuation procedure. Nok Air said the safety of passengers was the airline’s “highest priority.” The airline said the reason it took…

  • Northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai Airport to resume flights on Wednesday | Thaiger

    Northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai Airport to resume flights on Wednesday

    Flights in and out of Chiang Rai’s Mae Fah Luang International Airport in northern Thailand are expected to resume as normal on Wednesday, August 3, at 10pm. The runway has been closed since 6am yesterday after a Nok Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft skidded off the runway during landing due to adverse weather conditions on Saturday night. No one was injured.…