A Canadian man “opened the escape door without permission” on a plane and the escape ladder bounced open, affecting more than 2,000 people.
On a Thai Airways domestic flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, a passenger opened the cabin door without authorization and activated the escape slide. The Canadian man involved in the case was immediately arrested, but because the escape slide was deployed, the passenger plane was stuck on the runway and could not move immediately, causing 13 other flights to be unable to take off and land. The police pointed out that the man could be sentenced to death in the most serious case.
Thai Airways flight TG121 was originally scheduled to take off from Chiang Mai International Airport to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport on February 7. However, at 10:05 that night, after the captain reported to the control tower that he was waiting on the runway to take off, a Canadian male passenger suddenly Rush to the front of the cabin to open the door and activate the escape slide.
The man was arrested immediately, according to a statement from Chiang Mai International Airport. Because the escape slide of the Airbus A320 involved in the incident was opened and could not be moved immediately, 13 flights were affected and temporarily unable to take off and land. Eight of the flights were forced to hover in the air until they were allowed to land, and a total of 2,295 passengers were delayed.
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According to reports from Fox News and the New York Post, the arrested man was 40 years old, named Wong Sai Heung, from Vancouver, and worked as a computer programmer. Before the incident, he screamed as the plane was waiting to take off, asking the cabin attendant to open the door to let him off the plane. After being refused, he rushed to open the door himself.
He said: “I was very paranoid and anxious and that was the last time I traveled to Vietnam, which was pretty much my second big trip, and it was a huge panic attack and I thought I was going to be killed in that place. .My situation is not good.”
According to the Thai Aviation Law, once convicted, he can be sentenced to 20 years in prison, a fine of 600,000 to 800,000 baht (approximately 130,000 to 174,000 Hong Kong dollars), and up to the death penalty. However, no executions have been carried out since 2018.
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2024-02-10 11:29:00
