Thai woman sparks backlash for vaping on Chiang Rai flight (video)

[webfact]

 

A Thai woman is facing criticism after a video of her smoking an e-cigarette during a flight from Mae Fah Luang International Airport in the northern province of Chiang Rai went viral on Thai social media.

 

A passenger took a sneaky video of the woman vaping on the plane and shared the content with the Red Skull Twitter account. The account shared the video to the public on April 11. The caption read…

“Vaping on the plane! Don’t know how she passed the screening counter at the airport. She smoked the e-cigarette without respect for the rules and other people’s safety. Such a shame! She gradually released the smoke under the face mask, so not many people noticed her action.”

The video garnered attention from Thai netizens, and the comment section was full of complaints both against the smoker and the airport’s recklessness.

“Don’t know the rules? Just come out of the cave?”

 

“First time for the caveman on the plane.”

 

“Shameless!”

 

“Are you gonna die if you stop smoking for a while?”

 

“Why did the man sitting next to her ignore that? This is completely against the rules!”

 

“So bad, both the smoker and the airport!”

 

The Twitter account and the woman who shared the video did not disclose the airline and the destination of the flight to the public.

 

Mae Fah Luang International Airport Director Somchanok Tiantiabrat clarified the issue in an interview with Matichon, saying there was a chance that the e-cigarettes would be snuck on board because their bodies are mainly made of plastic and could not be detected by the x-ray device.

 

Somchanok explained that the woman’s action violated two main laws including:

Section 42 of Tobacco Products Control Act: smoking cigarettes in prohibited areas. The penalty is a fine of up to 5,000 baht.

Section 8 of the Act on Certain Offences Against Air Navigation: smoking on a plane. The penalty is imprisonment of up to one year, a fine of up to 40,000 baht, or both.

Somchanok urged any passengers who witnessed the rule violations during the flight to immediately report it to the cabin crew to coordinate with the destination airport to arrest the suspect.

 

Somchanok revealed that the authorities already knew the flight where the issue took place and would contact the airline to bring the female smoker to justice.

 

by Petch Petpailin

Photo via Twtter/ @redskullxxx

 

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— Red Skull (@RedSkullxxx) April 7, 2024

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-04-10

 

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[flyingtlger]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Somchanok revealed that the authorities already knew the flight where the issue took place and would contact the airline to bring the female smoker to justice.

I wonder if she'll get fined like the recent Estonians that were busted smoking on a plane????

[Celsius]

I always enjoy reading comments from outraged netizens.

[quake]

The Hub of Snitches.

[gungadin1]

Some bloke was vaping at the gate of a recent flight I was on

[proton]

The 99 baht a joint ad is tempting!

[terryofcrete]

Lock her up!

[spidermike007]

There is a reason why smoking is not allowed on planes, this woman should not only be fined, she should be locked up. Maybe 90 days in the big house could be a deterrent for her next flight. 

[Skipalongcassidy]

Give her a break... she was on her way to a "Save The Planet" rally.

[ronster]

What did the flight staff do about it ?

Or did they fail to notice the huge clouds of strawberry scented smoke  ?

[neeray]

Either clueless or feels a sense of entitlement.  Not sure which.

[DrMJA]

Given recent events, let us be grateful it wasn't one of those "Dirty Farangs."     😇

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

I always enjoy reading comments from outraged netizens.

Shared it online but didn't report it to the flight attendants...  

[Skeptic7]

9 minutes ago, neeray said:

Either clueless or feels a sense of entitlement.  Not sure which.

Both 

[artotle]

"Aow how I know"

[Colabamumbai]

I was snorting heroin off the food tray, nobody cared. 

[sammieuk1]

Well she was in the clouds 🤔

[Bangkok Barry]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Somchanok urged any passengers who witnessed the rule violations during the flight to immediately report it to the cabin crew to coordinate with the destination airport to arrest the suspect.

 

Yes. And the outraged citizen did what? About from record the act. Report it to the crew? No, I thought not. Two idiots for the price of one.

[wensiensheng]

I’m sorry. I don’t see how this story relates to foreigners behaving badly. So why is it being reported on?

[Big Bert]

We need outrage for the Netizens and calls for heavy fines, deportation and black listing of the outlaw dirty falangs.        Oh wait a minute 🥱

Edited April 9 by Big Bert

[IAMHERE]

37 minutes ago, neeray said:

Either clueless or feels a sense of entitlement.  Not sure which.

Or, just doesn't care about any one else except herself. A lot of totally self centered folks about these days.

[Denim]

She was lucky. Things like this can quickly get out of hand .

 

 

[tonypattaya]

Vaping is NOT smoking and not harmful to those exposed to it. Certainly less harmful than the pollution we experience regularly in Thailand.

However it is not particularly pleasant to those exposed to it and, MORE importantly, if it is banned on air flights then she is breaking the rules and should be reprimanded.

 

[thesetat]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Somchanok explained that the woman’s action violated two main laws including:

Section 42 of Tobacco Products Control Act: smoking cigarettes in prohibited areas. The penalty is a fine of up to 5,000 baht.

Section 8 of the Act on Certain Offences Against Air Navigation: smoking on a plane. The penalty is imprisonment of up to one year, a fine of up to 40,000 baht, or both.

 

They forgot to add the vape law that is in Thailand which I believe carries up to 20,000 baht fine as well. Vapes are illegal to possess in Thailand. 

[AhFarangJa]

34 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

I was snorting heroin off the food tray, nobody cared. 

Well, that would be better for you than the food.

[thesetat]

5 minutes ago, tonypattaya said:

Vaping is NOT smoking and not harmful to those exposed to it. Certainly less harmful than the pollution we experience regularly in Thailand.

However it is not particularly pleasant to those exposed to it and, MORE importantly, if it is banned on air flights then she is breaking the rules and should be reprimanded.

 

Perhaps you should google and read more about vaping. Your comment about Not smoking and not harmful is debatable.

[stoner]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

There is a reason why smoking is not allowed on planes, this woman should not only be fined, she should be locked up. Maybe 90 days in the big house could be a deterrent for her next flight. 

 

maybe strap her to the wing outside ? 

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, quake said:

The Hub of Snitches.

Your humour is sick, it's against the law for several reasons plus very disrespectful to the person sitting in the next seat and the surrounding seats. 

 

And there's more and more evidence published globally that vaping can cause lung cancer. 

[edwinchester]

"Mae Fah Luang International Airport Director Somchanok Tiantiabrat clarified the issue in an interview with Matichon, saying there was a chance that the e-cigarettes would be snuck on board because their bodies are mainly made of plastic and could not be detected by the x-ray device."

 

Must be ancient machines if they're missing stuff like this. I worked in an airport 20 years ago and plastic items were visible on the machines. Great fun pulling passengers out of line for a bag search when sex toys were visible in their luggage.

[dinsdale]

Self entitled utter moron.