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“teams carried out detailed inspections across the runway and airport. These checks included the runway surface, lighting systems, navigation equipment and other safety infrastructure.” Says they did check the runway. So I guess that angle is covered

I was lucky. Got out on Ettihad at 8:30. Straight into Abu Dhabi where an air raid warning caused a two hour delay to my next flight.😒 Still, arrived safely in Europe, albeit delayed.

“Experts note this incident could strain diplomatic relations” Sounds a bit of a stretch. Who are these so called experts?

I never got a refund from Turkish airlines.

My drivers licence has several years to run. I somehow doubt this new system will be up and running by then. Not that I have anything to worry about anyway.

Yeah, it’s important to keep some perspective when lamenting your own ills. Which he did in a way insofar as he said it’s just one of those things.

I drove from Rawai to Phuket town this morning. Every gas station I passed had a queue out into the road

Trump only attacks dictators who aren’t his mates, that’s why. Putting on tin helmet and flack jacket now, plus amulet…..so any flame replies can’t hurt me. It’s just a joke, don’t get your knickers in a twist.

Not sure that he said that. He gave his own investment as an example, but simply suggested using sensible investment avenues. No suggestion that they only exist in the US.

Maybe this is human trafficking using different words 🤷‍♂️

I agree with your comments, but doubt that any of what you suggest will be done. Might be wrong, I know nothing of how the army conducts its operations other than when they throw a bunch of illegal immigrants into the back of a lorry like logs and most die. From what I know of how the rest of Thailand operates, a shrug of the shoulders is more likely. Very sad for the soldier, I hope he recovers as best as possible.

I don’t really understand how the lb took all that cash from his safe unless he left it open and unattended or gave the lb the combination/key and left the room. To then chase after the lb by himself was totally reckless. All in all, he made some pretty bad decisions.

Am I the only one worried that an amusement park apparently requires a hospital and medical centres? I mean the roller coaster rides are safe, aren’t they? Aren’t they?

Sounds like a typical politician being interviewed on tv, mostly blah blah blah. I guess it’s hard to expect anything else

What I want to know is: where is that immigration hall? I’ve been doing weekly trips to Singapore for medical treatment for the last 5 weeks and both incoming and outgoing flights the immigration hall in Phuket has been heaving, mostly with Russians from what I could discern. One day there was even a queue to get INTO the immigration hall.

I wonder if the survey took into account number of visitors/population when counting numbers of complaints? Or maybe number of taxi licenses issued would be a better yard stick.

Huh? No mention? “The findings reveal that Turkey leads with 4,224 comments about taxi scams, significantly outpacing India, which recorded 2,301 comments”

So strange that tourists go from being demonized for behaving badly to receiving bouquets for saying thank you. They all fall under the heading of “tourists in Thailand 2026”. Which just goes to show that it’s wrong to classify a whole group by just a few individuals

Quite possibly mental health issues, depression or similar. Depression has no respect for wealth and is very debilitating. Life loses all meaning.

Why did it take so long? 52,000 Facebook accounts hiding in plain sight. Surely they could have acted sooner? Maybe after, oh I dunno, the first 10k or so?

I think there is a bigger picture. The current world order as projected by the most powerful nations in the world is that might makes right. That works its way down the food chain until eventually you come to Thailand doing whatever it wants to Cambodia. Like it or not, the leaders of the most powerful nations have ripped up the rule book. And when that happens, nobody needs to abide by any rules. Shame for the less powerful nations, but it’s now a scary world out there where right and wrong don’t matter a whole heck of a lot. I wish it weren’t so, but it is.

After keeping pretty quiet while watching the utter devastation that Israel has done in Gaza, I suggest that the USA media keeps its mouth shut. By any measure of comparison, deaths, buildings destroyed etc, what Thailand has done is a pin prick compared to Gaza. In any case, isn’t the new world order all about power? Whoever has it, uses it against those who are weaker? That’s what appears to be claimed and demonstrated by Messers Putin and Trump anyway. What a world we live in. I’m glad I’m in my twilight years and won’t have to see too much more of the chaos unfolding in front of my eyes.

Nice try at sealioning. I think we are done on this conversation. Have a nice day

Definitely not. It was not on his wrist but in his bag. So that makes no change in my cynicism in terms of his intentions.

Just how dumb was the guy who got scammed? It’s hard to believe that he would do the things described in the article . SMH