Passenger gets away with fake gun on Chiang Mai-Bangkok flight

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Passenger gets away with fake gun on flight

BANGKOK: -- Chiang Mai International Airport has launched an investigation into reports that a passenger managed to board a flight with a fake gun inside his bag.

The passenger, flying from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, took a photograph posing with the fake gun while onboard the flight and later posted it on social media. The image spread like wildfire, raising questions about the level of security at Chiang Mai International Airport.

"We have launched an investigation into the incident and must find out if this fake gun was really taken onboard a flight from our airport," airport director Lakchai Chaloeiprat said Wednesday.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Passenger-gets-away-with-fake-gun-on-flight-30242970.html


-- The Nation 2014-09-10

[nauseus]

After flying up and down 3 weeks ago I can't say I'm amazed to hear this!

[ratcatcher]

fake gun

What exactly is a fake gun?

I know BB guns that are exact replicas of authentic weapons. But since BB guns are by their very nature, capable of firing ammunition, what defines a fake gun. In some countries BB guns or Airsoft weapons have an orange tip on the barrel. The article doesn't indicate what kind of weapon and no doubt there will be a full inquiry into how the idiot managed to smuggle it on board.

[terryp]

dick heads like this make air travel more invasive and difficult for all ..I hope he gets prison time as it was obviously pre-meditated to show he could post a selfie doing so ...A1 Pratt

[recycled]

Sounds like he has a death wish. Clown!

[INV]

dick heads like this make air travel more invasive and difficult for all ..I hope he gets prison time as it was obviously pre-meditated to show he could post a selfie doing so ...A1 Pratt

I see your point and agree but this person also show how crappy the security really is Iso I have to say this incident maybe make the airport security wake up and do there damn job. How the heck can anyone get on a plan with a gun in his bag?

[longtom]

On a positive note, I heard they secured at least the water bottle and nail clippers he was carrying in the same bag

[lee b]

Sorry to say this ( I'm saying that as I know I will have comeback from dogooding tripe ) But this idiot could have caused a mass panic and in this day and age its not allowed, he should be charged as if it was real. And shame on CM airport for letting him through plastic or not, a discrase in my mind !

[chongtak]

fake gun

What exactly is a fake gun?

I know BB guns that are exact replicas of authentic weapons. But since BB guns are by their very nature, capable of firing ammunition, what defines a fake gun. In some countries BB guns or Airsoft weapons have an orange tip on the barrel. The article doesn't indicate what kind of weapon and no doubt there will be a full inquiry into how the idiot managed to smuggle it on board.

"The idiot" as you call him, might have pointed a severe fault in safety on flights from Chiang Mai. If he really "smuggled" a replica onboard, the airport is to be blamed and not him.

[marcusd]

Sorry to say this ( I'm saying that as I know I will have comeback from dogooding tripe ) But this idiot could have caused a mass panic and in this day and age its not allowed, he should be charged as if it was real. And shame on CM airport for letting him through plastic or not, a discrase in my mind !

What is the point of having security? To smile and say Sawasdee? They are there to STOP this type of thing. Imagine if it was a Muslim kid with his Muslim parents on board? There would be massive panic with everything in the news at present!

This fool needs to do a few months behind bars. he is NOT oblivious to the news either!

[surangw]

I have the feeling the airport check points are more about intercepting drugs and cash and not public safety.

[Boycie]

'The passenger, flying from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, took a photograph posing with the fake gun while onboard the flight and later posted it on social media.'

I was thinking it was going to be one of them stupid selfies, holding the gun up and smiling for the camera but it was a little more discreet, all very wrong nevertheless

[VBF]

Sounds like he has a death wish. Clown!

Then may his wish come true!

Edited September 10, 2014 by VBF

[DiamondKing]

dick heads like this make air travel more invasive and difficult for all ..I hope he gets prison time as it was obviously pre-meditated to show he could post a selfie doing so ...A1 Pratt

Whats wrong with you people like this do us a service and now CM security will be upgraded what if a muzzie terrorist got a real gun onboard

WELL DONE TO THE PERSON THAT DONE this you should get a medal not time.

[Zlabermacht]

Damn, once thay seized me a freshly bought tiny poket-knife I forgot in my bag!

Edited September 10, 2014 by Zlabermacht

[eeeya]

i saw then get a bunch of monks at don muang the other day trying to smuggle through a deadly box cutter

[johnnynmonic]

I flew in and out a few times with my deadly aerosol can of shaving cream going undetected. Was glad actually, that stuff ain't cheap.

Edited September 10, 2014 by johnnynmonic

[cgphuket]

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dick heads like this make air travel more invasive and difficult for all ..I hope he gets prison time as it was obviously pre-meditated to show he could post a selfie doing so ...A1 Pratt

Whats wrong with you people like this do us a service and now CM security will be upgraded what if a muzzie terrorist got a real gun onboard

WELL DONE TO THE PERSON THAT DONE this you should get a medal not time.

Sure, next you you take a flight do the same thing so you can be a hero and get a medal..... Maybe even a Darwin award. And tonight maybe someone will break into your house and assult your family to show you your lack of security, and he will be a hero also, and the break in will be your fault. right??? right???

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Report of fake gun on flight probed
THE NATION



CHIANG MAI International Airport has launched an investigation into reports that a passenger managed to board a flight with a fake gun inside his bag.

The passenger, flying from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, took a photograph posing with the fake gun while on board the flight and later posted it on social media. The image spread like wildfire, raising questions about the level of security at Chiang Mai airport.

"We have launched an investigation into the incident and must find out if this fake gun was really taken on board a flight from our airport," airport director Lakchai Chaloeiprat said yesterday.

He also vowed to improve security measures if the incident proves to be true. He also warned passengers against bringing fake weapons with them on a flight.

"Such acts are a violation under the Air Transport Act," he said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Report-of-fake-gun-on-flight-probed-30243001.html


-- The Nation 2014-09-11

[mca]

Nor CM airport I know but the last time I exited Suvarnabhumi the bloke operating the x-ray scanner for hand luggage was too busy playing grab arse with his female colleague to even bother looking at the screen as my stuff went through.

Edited September 10, 2014 by mca

[animalmagic]

If there is very little metal in the gun it is possible the metal detecting walk through scanners may not have detected it when carried on his person; it's hard to tell by simply looking at the picture. Mind you, in my previous career, if he'd pulled that realistic looking gun out I would have shot him. If he doesn't have anything else on his person to trigger the scanners he would get through without being frisked. If carried in a hand carry bag then the scanner works in a similar way to x-rays and the silhouette of the gun should have been noted. Until we find out how exactly he got it on board it is unfair to blame security so quickly. However the knee jerk reaction will probably be that everybody gets frisked before flying and we have to arrive at airports 6 hours before a flight to facilitate it.

What he did on board was a criminal offense in many jurisdictions - I think it is called 'Endangering the safety of a commercial flight'. Simply taking out a gun like object would cause panic on the plane and thereby endanger safety.

The idiot needs to be locked up for his own safety.

[toryboy1979]

Watching Channel 3 today (11 Sep) the chap with the fake gun appears to have put the gun through the scanner and when walking through the electronic arch takes the gun out of his pocket. So maybe guys it's not his fault but that of the so-called security employees at CNX airport. A note of caution: my Thai is not that good and I am commenting from the pics on the TV. But my question is was this a put up job cos channel 3 appear to be present. Perhaps someone could explain what actually happened.

I know that security is lacking at this airport because my wife unknowingly carried a medium sized pair of scissors on a flight to Bangkok and we only realised it when we unpacked our carry-on bags in Bangkok. Not to be recommended!

[shawndoc]

If this is a plastic replica, or a cheap air-soft gun (99% plastic) it would be very easy to smuggle it on-board. Simply place it in a large pocket or tuck it in your waist band before going through the metal detectors. Since there's no metal to detect, nothing will go off.

[uncola]

once while coming thru the initial security checkpoint at the cm airport i tried to get the attention of the staff because i was not sure what the procedure was. where was i supposed to put my bag? nobody paid any attention to me. in fact the two working security was a guy and a girl. he was engaged in conversation with her as if he could not be bothered with doing his job and was riding on top of someones luggage on the very small conveyer as it came out of the security detection machine. i just walked thru with my bag and no one said a word. note: this was shortly after 9/11.

[Katipo]

dick heads like this make air travel more invasive and difficult for all ..I hope he gets prison time as it was obviously pre-meditated to show he could post a selfie doing so ...A1 Pratt

Perhaps. On the other hand, there might be those who are happy he got on board. If only because it shows how lax security is at CM airport. What if because of his actions, a real security threat is avoided in the future?

[scorecard]

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dick heads like this make air travel more invasive and difficult for all ..I hope he gets prison time as it was obviously pre-meditated to show he could post a selfie doing so ...A1 Pratt

There's also the possibility that this passengers takes regular CM - Bangkok flights, like many others, and is concerned at the lack of security.

1. I do the same flight often 3 or 4 times a month. Security is a joke, the staff are more concerned about talking with their work buddies than serious attention to their work, plus they are rude.

2. On most airlines the check of boarding pass against ID card or passport is also a joke. I've seen many passengers query why the boarding pass / ID etc check is not being done properly. There are just shrugs or mai phen rai and ignore the querying passenger, or ' too busy' and one supervisor said 'it's not necessary, it was checked at the check-in counter', one passengers responded by saying 'but I checked-in at your booth not at the check-in counter, the booth cannot check my photo'. Response after some thinking by the gate check-in girl 'ohh then it's your own responsibility to check your photo'.

At CM airport they also regularly leave the big double doors to the glass enclosed corridor open (the corridor for departing / arriving passengers which goes the whole length of the whole airport) and anybody can just wander through and enter the air-bridges to the actual aircraft.

Total joke.

[harrry]

If you look at the Social media page of the alleged person and see where he was staying etc you can understand why he was not very seriously checked.

[reggaebkk]

well, if it's a fake gun, where is the problem. It just shows that it works, there's no problem when you don't bring a real gun.

have this daredevil do the same thing with a real gun in metal with bullets and then I'll worry. So far it seems that the security doesn't forbid plastic toys on board... it's working.

[hard124get]

dick heads like this make air travel more invasive and difficult for all ..I hope he gets prison time as it was obviously pre-meditated to show he could post a selfie doing so ...A1 Pratt

Whats wrong with you people like this do us a service and now CM security will be upgraded what if a muzzie terrorist got a real gun onboard

WELL DONE TO THE PERSON THAT DONE this you should get a medal not time.

Yes, cos we all want to be like the fear filled Americans and get strip searched by soldiers with sub machine guns.

[charliebru]

Now we will all have to put up with more intrusive inspections until this dies down. Thanks so much to this dolt.