Tourists Detained After Vaping Mid-Air on Nok Air Flight

[madone]

9 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Make each of them smoke 40 fags one after another and no cheating by not inhaling!

that used to be a night out on the piss for me back in the day

[outsider]

Impossible they can't last a DMK > HKT flight without puffing. Plainly obnoxious and completely inconsiderate. Quality tourists indeed.

[Frankie baby]

Ignorance knows no bounds, just hope they got a good fleecing in the terminal. Well done to the crew. 

[Hermes Live]

1 hour ago, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

These punks got no decency.

 

Could've been marijuana?

 

Deport immediately and 1 year ban.

 

Thailand does not need these kind of idiotes.

So true, the law is the law.

[1happykamper]

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

It is clear that vaping is forbidden just a smoking, but detaining someone for it???? Better put him on a blacklist that he can't fly for a few years...

So you don't support the police action? Smoking in a toilet? In the cabin? They broke the law. Throw these louts out of Thailand 

[1happykamper]

18 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

But that is what everybody here wants to know! 😔

My money is on Russia... 

[Taboo2]

Effin Arrogant More Runs.....

[CecilM]

Thailand seems to attract more than the average share of idiots. Hope the detention took as long as the police could legally stretch it. 

[HuaHinHim]

For me it’s the disrespecting of laws that most others are following and the fu attitude for other travellers. Seems to be how society is today unfortunately. 

[kingstonkid]

2 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Picture and video from Facebook.

 

Three rowdy tourists were escorted off a Nok Air flight after being caught vaping mid-air, shocking fellow passengers on board. The incident occurred on January 5 on flight DD-532, travelling from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok to Phuket International Airport.

 

Footage captured by a passenger shows one of the men casually vaping and using his phone during the flight. Another reportedly hid in the aircraft’s toilet to vape, ignoring strict aviation safety regulations.

 

The obnoxious behaviour did not go unnoticed, as other passengers alerted cabin crew when the cabin began filling with a sickly-sweet odour. One witness, Neeranoot Meuankid, said: “I noticed them being noisy at the gate and saw them vaping in the boarding queue. During the flight, the smell became overwhelming, even through my mask, and I started feeling dizzy.”

 

 

Neeranoot also noted that one of the men disregarded the safety demonstration and refused to wear his seatbelt during take-off. She filmed the incident as evidence and handed it over to flight attendants, who tackled the situation.

 

Upon landing in Phuket, the three tourists were detained by police and escorted off the aircraft. They were held for investigation at the airport police station. No details on the nationalities, identities or any possible charges has been released by authorities.

 

Smoking and vaping are strictly prohibited on all domestic and international flights. Vaping has also been banned in Thailand since 2014, although such products are still widely available for purchase.

 

Neeranoot added: “It’s 2025, everyone must know you can’t smoke on planes. Their behaviour was reckless and disrespectful to the safety and comfort of others.”

 

-- 2025-01-10

 

 

 

 

Simple solution put him on the next plane back to his home country 

[Taboo2]

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

It is clear that vaping is forbidden just a smoking, but detaining someone for it???? Better put him on a blacklist that he can't fly for a few years...

They are arrogant and pricks...and should be on a no fly list.  

[Patong2021]

24 minutes ago, madone said:

 

Vaping on a flight is obviously wrong, but what a crock of utter <deleted>e.

Dizzy with righteous indignation no doubt. 

 

didn't wear a seatbelt!!

i suspect this woman is a difficult person to like

 

Yes, the vape discharge can and will make some people ill. These people will be located within the 3 adjacent rows of seats. This is the same distance as is used for alerting people who have been exposed to a respiratory infection, because this is the distance when there is an obvious risk of exposure.

 

Yes, passengers who do not wear seatbelts on an aircraft present a risk to others. These are the people who get tossed around whenm something goes wrong. The often end up falling on others, injuring them. They also sustain injuries and  then cry about it.

[Taboo2]

27 minutes ago, madone said:

 

Vaping on a flight is obviously wrong, but what a crock of utter <deleted>e.

Dizzy with righteous indignation no doubt. 

 

didn't wear a seatbelt!!

i suspect this woman is a difficult person to like

And you just are too immature to follow simple rules and encourage bad behavior!

[Patong2021]

Perhaps the next time, the. FAs should say nyet, nyet.

[Captain Flack]

A flame post has been removed

[madone]

3 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

And you just are too immature to follow simple rules and encourage bad behavior!

I have no issue following the rules. I also agree with them.

I do take issue with their covertly taking a video, posting it to social media, and seizing the opportunity to make it about them by taking it to the press.

What is wrong with reporting it to the cabin crew and leaving it at that? 

[toho]

3 minutes ago, madone said:

wow, i don't like you much either, pedant,

This says more about you than about tthe other person.

If our secirity guard smokes a cigarette in our open parking garage, I can smell the poisonous smoke from 15 meters away.

Simply stupid to not wear the safety belt during start and landing.

Also not very social to put a knee against the seat in front of you, but I guess you wont  have a problem with that too.

[kuzmabruk]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

detaining someone

For a slight contribution to the policeman’s ball

[daejung]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

It is clear that vaping is forbidden just a smoking, but detaining someone for it???? Better put him on a blacklist that he can't fly for a few years...

Then he cannot fly back to his country?

[madone]

25 minutes ago, toho said:

If our secirity guard smokes a cigarette in our open parking garage, I can smell the poisonous smoke from 15 meters away.

 
perhaps its time to catch him on video and post his crimes to social media showing everyone what fine, stand-upping, and virtuous soul you are.

just think of the likes and recognition you will receive.

 

[daejung]

2 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

I'd like to see the follow-up on this story. What happened to them? 1000 baht fine and let go? Just a verbal warning? Nothing at all?

I read the fine for vaping was 30 000 bahts + few months in prison

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1334318-vaping-troubles-british-tourists-warned-of-costly-holiday-mistake/

[madone]

43 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Did you read all the details? It was more than just vaping.

right you are there was the whole no seatbelt thing too.

I don't know about you, but being put on the no-fly list would be disastrous for me, it would spell the end  of life as know it.

far more effective or resource efficient than jail time or fines 

[smew]

It is obvious, somehow they thought same laws apply to them as to Thaksin and they were untouchables. 
sorry, boys, should have checked the small print .. this is the land of law and order… 

[Butts]

Where did he hide it to get past security? 🙄

[TopThai54]

I bet bad behaved Brits or Russians again...and again !

[Dan O]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

It is clear that vaping is forbidden just a smoking, but detaining someone for it???? Better put him on a blacklist that he can't fly for a few years...

you have multiple jurisdiction violations with it being on an aircraft. They may well be fined and blacklisted from NOK but I suspect a fine and Wai and a promise and its over with. 

[Kaopad999]

His bad behavior makes me very angry 

[sikishrory]

1 hour ago, madone said:

 

Vaping on a flight is obviously wrong, but what a crock of utter <deleted>e.

Dizzy with righteous indignation no doubt. 

 

didn't wear a seatbelt!!

i suspect this woman is a difficult person to like

Losers yes but, "Disregarded" the safety demonstration.

They are not sitting in an exit row where you are legally obligated to acknowledge your duty. So this can only mean they did not look at it.

It appears from the story this was also filmed lol.

Get a life aptly named "Muean kid".

[advancebooking]

3 hours ago, novacova said:

In the US it’s a federal offense, smoke on a plane and become a certified felon.

In the states would one get prison time for that or just a warning?

[4MyEgo]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Nope I have seen 10,000 baht fines just for having a vape, 

 

At the end of the day, I would assume a higher CASH fine was the penalty, and then they were on their merry way, no punishment like a 10 year ban on entering Thailand again.

 

If I had to guess a nationality, I would say it starts with R, you can guess the rest.