Tourists Detained After Vaping Mid-Air on Nok Air Flight

[madone]

9 minutes ago, RaveBlond said:

Grossly misplaced, your sarcasm, because if you are getting caught refusing to put on your seat belt during taxi for take-off, we are going back to the gate...

Aye capitain!

 

[impulse]

Gotta be honest.  I don't see the big deal.  On a scale of 1-10 of bad behavior, this rates about a 2 or 3.

 

[madone]

Just now, impulse said:

Gotta be honest.  I don't see the big deal.  On a scale of 1-10 of bad behavior, this rates about a 2 or 3.

 

We would seem to be alone in believing that turning back to the gate and inconveniencing hundreds was a bad call.  

[kevin612]

I just wondering how much is the fine? Some people are just just stupid and selfish 

 

[sambum]

"Vaping has also been banned in Thailand since 2014, although such products are still widely available for purchase."

 

Says it all about the laws of this country!

[EVENKEEL]

Russian for sure. Look at the pic of guy vaping and say different.

[ikke1959]

3 hours ago, daejung said:

Then he cannot fly back to his country?

walking is as far it only will take a bit longer

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[jesimps]

7 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

 

 

 

 

Judging by the face in the pic, I'd go for Russian.

[The Old Bull]

5 hours ago, Ironmike said:

I'm going out on a limb here but what's the bet there Russian cowards hiding here so they don't have to fight,,,complete morons I hope there deported back ASAP. 

Maybe they are Ukrainians that don't want to fight.

[ChipButty]

7 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

 

 

 

 

He looks Russian to me, 

[TimBKK]

5 hours ago, madone said:

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? 

in an instance such as this, a public shaming is more than warranted IMO.

[goldenbrwn1]

5 hours ago, TopThai54 said:

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

As a Brit this is exactly my thoughts . Prob a thc vape I have been on a long haul flight coming back from LA and went into the toilet after some young bloke come out sheepishly. Stank of some fruity smell . This is what happens when you legalise weed with no boundaries set or enforced.  And weed isn’t all they want , I have noticed a lot  of Cocain being used in Thailand now. And before anyone asks they ain’t all in queue for a 💩 trust me!

[Aussie999]

7 hours 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.

You're right, Thailand has enough already.

[Aussie999]

6 hours ago, Ironmike said:

I'm going out on a limb here but what's the bet there Russian cowards hiding here so they don't have to fight,,,complete morons I hope there deported back ASAP. 

Wow, whatever you're vaping, you should stop.

[tomazbodner]

4 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

"Neeranoot also noted that one of the men disregarded the safety demonstration and refused to wear his seatbelt during take-off."

 

Why wasn't this reported to the captain and the plane returned to the gate?????

If reported to captain, he could have done what RyanAir did - land the plane half-way to destination, put the guests in hotel, calculate damages, and sued the disturbing passenger for 15000 EUR.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/ryanair-suing-disruptive-passenger-for-causing-flight-to-divert-13285915

[tomazbodner]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

He looks Russian to me, 

He looks like an ignorant idiot who needs to be taught a lesson to me. Couldn't care less what his nationality is.

[MikeandDow]

5 hours ago, madone said:

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? 

Well i dont know where you have been living, but now a days, there are cameras all over the place  and you do not have the expectation of privacy out in public, and if people want to post to social media all well and good and there is nothing you can do

 

[SiSePuede419]

Who knows what is in those vapes?

 

Methamphetamine, heroin, ecstasy or ketamine?

 

But it doesn't matter because they were having fun. 😂

[brfsa2]

They might get a really hard punishment and fine, if the police wants to do it. and they should! not for the fact of vaping, but for the true disrespect and total disregard for others on the plane and in the boarding gate.

 

Had they been super discrete, respectful and discrete, never get caught. the smoke detector on plane toilets can't detect most vapes unless it is blown directly on the sensor, most people take the hit and exhaust together with the vacuum of the flush. only dogs can smell anything in there.

 

Very soon xrays will start picking up vapes on carry on luggage and I bet in a year or two, no more vapes allowed on flights!

 

[brfsa2]

3 hours ago, impulse said:

Gotta be honest.  I don't see the big deal.  On a scale of 1-10 of bad behavior, this rates about a 2 or 3.

 

 

are you serious? imagine you are sitting behind them with your 1-5 years kids, and the guys in front start to smoke vapes, very likely THC vapes, after a few times, what do you do when your kids gets to inhale some of it and feel dizzy?

 

I'm not exaggerating, I smoked vapes before, just got a couple and gave up totally, it's just too bad for the health, I do not recommend. now a days just Dynavap.

 

[Nigeone]

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Years ago, my Wife and I were on a very quiet Ethiad Airways flight from Bangkok to Abu Dhabi.

 

There were 4 lads making a nuisance of themselves - it was like they had never flown before, they were excited, couldn't sit still, kept getting up and sitting in different seats (plane was only about 10% occupied).

 

They kept going backwards and forwards to the toilet (about 10 or 15 rows in front) - I could smell cigarette smoke on them when they walked past.

 

The flight attendants spoke with them... and this turned into a game. They kept going back to the toilet - the cabin crew would wait outside, tell them to sit down after they got caught smoking yet again.

 

My concern was that these lads were such idiots they were going to put a cigarette butt into the waste paper bin and cause a fire.

 

I was very surprised not to see any Police waiting when we got off the plane. 

The FA's did nothing other than try and stop them, which I guess is all they could do, but I'm also surprised the Captain did not get involved - I suspect they were 'somehow' connected locals, but this was Eco Class, so perhaps not, though I couldn't understand why this was not dealt with more seriously.

Was on a Etihad flight 12 months ago to Thailand and a smart ass British tourist was clearly having a quick vape during flight. He then must have thought I need a bigger fix and went to the toilet to do so. Detector kicked in and male flight attendants descended on said toilet and a very sheepish guy exited . Taken to his seat and made to pay £200 on the spot after words with him. Up to then he had been acting Billy big b***s and from then on was very sheepish and not a happy bunny. Bet he won’t vape on a plane again.    

[CLUBBER]

9 hours ago, outsider said:

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

You just described most of the Russians in Phuket

[AngryMan]

11 hours ago, Briggsy said:

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

I hope by using the "F" word you are not talking about 40 Lady Boys...🤢

[madone]

5 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Who knows what is in those vapes?

 

Methamphetamine, heroin, ecstasy or ketamine?

 

But it doesn't matter because they were having fun. 😂

 

after i tried injecting the marijuanas,  i never vaped again

[madone]

1 hour ago, AngryMan said:

I hope by using the "F" word you are not talking about 40 Lady Boys...🤢

 

Why, a lady boy and a fag are two completely different things, even if we admit you juvenile take on the matter, 

bigoted and ignorant. now that is funny

[madone]

4 hours ago, brfsa2 said:

are you serious? imagine you are sitting behind them with your 1-5 years kids, and the guys in front start to smoke vapes, very likely THC vapes, after a few times, what do you do when your kids gets to inhale some of it and feel dizzy?

whoa there captain mountain-out-of-a-molehill -who-knows-jack-about-vapes,

They were not smoking THC vapes, no children were sitting behind them -- in fact there is not a child in sight in the video

Why are you creating false scenarios to fuel your indignation? 

settle the <deleted> down.

 

 

[madone]

14 hours ago, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

Could've been marijuana?

wtf is wrong with you?

[tony2times]

Israelis Apparently

[thaibeachlovers]

16 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...

Nah. A max time in jail is a fitting punishment for antisocial idiots ( without access to nicotine products ).

PLUS banned from flying for life.