Thai-German man charged for ‘airline should be bombed’ remark

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Thai-German man charged for ‘airline should be bombed’ remark

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Thai-German man Mike Wilms was charged for saying that the ‘airline should be bombed’. Photo: Saku Police

 

PHUKET: A Thai-German man has been charged for telling airline ground staff at Phuket International airport that their airline ‘should be bombed’ yesterday (Nov 16) after delays for boarding a flight to Bangkok.

 

Saku Police were notified of the incident at about 12:50pm, Saku Police Chief Lt Col Kaken Nikrahatchai noted in the official police report of the incident.

 

Officers arrived and were introduced to the man, named by police as Mike Wilms, 26, originally from Ayutthaya, at the airport security office.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/thai-german-man-charged-for-airline-should-be-bombed-remark-78007.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-11-17

 

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[colinneil]

Well you cannot fix stupid.... Boy was he stupid making a comment like that.

[Olmate]

Time to go Thai.

[transam]

13 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Well you cannot fix stupid.... Boy was he stupid making a comment like that.

.......in a wife beater shirt.....????

[Neeranam]

Sounds like a racial incident, as the Thai looks farang.  

[J Town]

I frequently make stupid remarks and even I know better than that!

[KarenBravo]

Storm in a tea-cup.

[Crossy]

The b. word, right up there with

 

Terrorist

Allah

Muhammad

Missile

Gun

9/11

 

on the list of words it's "unwise" to use in the airport.

[TSF]

Year, airline and bomb are two words you should never put together.

[RJRS1301]

Someone should introduce "mask protocols " for all to observe.

Gentleman in the red beret has his mask below his nose, may as well have it in the car for all the use it is on his face.

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

Some morons look like morons...

[Borzandy]

1 hour ago, Olmate said:

Time to go Thai.

Yes ! Thai owe me 2000 USD

[Wildliferescue]

9 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Someone should introduce "mask protocols " for all to observe.

Gentleman in the red beret has his mask below his nose, may as well have it in the car for all the use it is on his face.

 

 

It is inside Thailand, no need really at the moment.

 

[fxe1200]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Well you cannot fix stupid.... Boy was he stupid making a comment like that.

It still was spoken in The subjunctive. So what?

 

[RJRS1301]

1 minute ago, Wildliferescue said:

It is inside Thailand, no need really at the moment.

 

Immaterial really, if wearing a mask observe or learn correct protocols, then when it is necessary it becomes second nature to use correctly

 

[RJRS1301]

7 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Some morons look like morons...

Some folk can be unkind ???? 

[Wildliferescue]

4 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Immaterial really, if wearing a mask observe or learn correct protocols, then when it is necessary it becomes second nature to use correctly

 

Bla bla bla, got nothing better to do today? I do.

 

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, transam said:

.......in a wife beater shirt.....????

Oh, I always wear my Man Utd shirt when beating my wife! I am a City fan!   LOL 555

[Benmart]

I wasn't there, didn't hear what he said, didn't talk to anyone who did and leave it to those arm-chair judges to spew their "wisdom".

[rupert the bear]

obviously an opening for an english teacher!some entrepreneurial type can boost the english training at the airport and teach the loacls the difference between subjective and objective.this is not a threat only the lack of english comprehension!i just hope the aplicant has a work permit!or..........but thats another conversation

[zyphodb]

A silly thing to say, but a massive overreaction by the authorities though. TIT

[stevenl]

24 minutes ago, Benmart said:

I wasn't there, didn't hear what he said, didn't talk to anyone who did and leave it to those arm-chair judges to spew their "wisdom".

So you have to be there in order to know something is wrong or stupid.

[richard_smith237]

There was an outrageous delay (7 hrs?) for one flight yesterday. 

Anyone is well within their rights to feel extremely frustrated and voice their frustration. 

Doing so and using a well known ‘alarm’ phrase is idiotic - that said, this is clearly one of those sanctimonious ‘take the outraged moral high ground responses’...  it’s obvious he was just very upset & rightly so. 

 

Situations like this can be handled with far greater common sense by both sides. 
 

 

 

 

[soihok]

When opening the link to the website of the paper posting the incident there 2 x ads in the middle of it asking if you want an IQ test.

Brilliant.

 

[JusticeGB]

Just saying that in most airports around the world will get you arrested and the airline has the right to sue you for any losses it might have suffered if the flight was delayed. 

[richard_smith237]

3 minutes ago, soihok said:

When opening the link to the website of the paper posting the incident there 2 x ads in the middle of it asking if you want an IQ test.

Brilliant.

 

The internet bots are familiar with your posting history ????? ????

 

(you left the doors wide open... couldn’t resist !!!) 

[Kaopad999]

I think this unhinged Luk Krung is in need of some anger management. 
But,  i'm sure a few weeks in Klong Prem will will give him a little time to reflect on how stupid he was.

[riverhigh]

An extract from the original article:

 

 

Ms Jitphisut said that after she checked and returned Mr Wilms’ boarding pass, he allegedly told her in Thai, “Honestly, this airline plane should be bombed.”

 

Shocked, Ms Jitphisut told Ms Wanlapha to inform the Vietjet airline office chief, airport security and airport police of Mr Wilm’s comment.

 

 

In the official police report, Saku Police Chief Lt Col Kaken noted that Mr Wilms had admitted he made the remark. He said that said so in anger due to the flight delay.

 

The police report accepted the time that the airline staff said the boarding passes were being checked, indicating that the delay was not substantial.

 

Lt Col Kaken confirmed that Mr Wilms has been changed under Section 22 of the Act on Certain Offences Against Air Navigation, which stipulates: “Any person notifying messages or sending information known to be false, and such act causes or is likely to cause persons in the airport or persons on board an aircraft in flight to be in panic, shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding five years or a fine not exceeding B200,000, or both.”

 

“If such an act endangers the safety of an aircraft in flight, such person shall be liable to imprisonment of five to 15 years or a fine of B200,000 to B600,000, or both.”

 

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Most probably if he was a nicely dressed hi-so Thai this would be a much "ado-about-nothing".  But unfortunately this was not the case. It appears to be a case of a brash young falang wearing a singlet vest with no concern about his fellow passengers regarding body odor.  Telling the clerk in language that is not your own that the airoplane should be bombed is not a good idea. Thai with a strong German accent may have sounded more threatening than intended. Not a good time to practice your Thai (smile). This should be a learning experience for the young man but I doubt it. In his own mind I would wager that he beleives he can wear and say whatever he wants, and that his rights were violated. 

[natway09]

Plenty of room in jails now for idiots like him.The heroin charges being dropped for small amounts

[nobodysfriend]

Germans love to complain ... but this one chose the wrong word . Som nam nah ...