Pattaya's U-Tapao Airport in the News

SATTAHIP: -- Unfortunately, nowadays, it has been revealed that even deadlier aircraft are now taking off and landing at U-Tapao; namely thousands of charter flights containing Russians, some of whom are excessively pissed-up.

newsjsWhen you see a press headline screaming “Booze and broken noses: Russia’s in-flight brawlers” you could be forgiven for thinking you were reading an In Pattaya Now story, or one in The Sun (or The National Enquirer). However, when this headline appears in a blog on the Financial Times website, as it did last week, you know it must be serious. It headlined a story of how a charter flight to Thailand was turned back when a Russian became drunk and violent, and detailed other alcohol-fuelled air-rage incidents on Russian planes (it’s firewalled, so I won’t bother linking to it).

Full story:http://inpattayanow....rt-in-the-news/

--IN PATTAYA NOW 2013-02-10

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Are you sure they haven't mistaken Financial Times with Pattaya Times ?