webfact Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Transport Ministry asks NCPO ban sky lanterns for safetyBy Digital ContentBANGKOK, Nov 3 -- The Transport Ministry will ask the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to ban the release of sky lanterns that may jeopardize aviation and to increase the fine for violators to Bt100,000.Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said the ban would be imposed in particular areas and hours to prevent aviation problems especially in the North where many flights were rescheduled to avoid such airborne flight hazards.He is concerned about the release of lanterns during the Loy Krathong and New Year festivals. The minister will propose the ban to the prime minister and the NCPO.Voradej Harnprasert, deputy permanent secretary for transport, said the ban would set clear punishments including a harsh fine of as much as Bt100,000.The Civil Aviation Department reported that sky lanterns were now causing more problems than in the past.Last November people sought permission for release of 12,086 sky lanterns and pilots of 1,441 flights informed the department of sky lantern releases that had not been reported in advance.The Transport Ministry is informing the public of the dangers of airborne lanterns and warning airlines to suspend landings and takeoffs at Chiang Mai airport from 6pm from Nov 5 to 7. (MCOT online news)-- TNA 2014-11-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Yep, that will work. Already going up around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrya Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Someone has actually started thinking about health and safety??? I am impressed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab4 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Whatever happened to "bringing happiness to the people"? Psst, fer crissakes don't tell them about the Bun Ban Fai............................ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Someone has actually started thinking about health and safety??? I am impressed. He lost his license to sell the lanterns!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustBucket Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Last November people sought permission for release of 12,086 sky lanterns and pilots of 1,441 flights informed the department of sky lantern releases that had not been reported in advance. Oh shut up. Now we know you are full of ****. These lanterns are big in the UK also, and the UK being a control freak culture, there is no call to ban them there and the UK has probably 10 times more flights than Thailand per day. I have never in my life heard of a flight being brought down by a Chinese lantern. They only go a few hundred feet in the air before burning out. Planes exceed that height within seconds of take off. Just ban them within 20KM of any airport. This place gets more stupid by the day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fritzzz25 Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 They can't even enforce the bans they have in place as it is, let alone try and prove a flying lantern was let off by a specific person. Or will they use their brand new super fast DNA lab to turn around results in hours? (Of course it would only show up Burmese DNA results) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Only when a Jumbo Jet filled with Politicians and high ranking Police Officers family's sucks in a couple of lanterns and crashes in the middle of a 'High So ' area of Bangkok will somebody take things seriously. Until then the rest of us are fodder to crash and burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I saw a Khom Loy flash by the window of our plane as it was landing at Mae Fah Luang Airport in Chiang Rai last night. Must have been around 100 meters from the plane. Kind of terrifying - honestly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patje Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 ban the release of sky lanterns that may jeopardize aviation and to increase the fine for violators to Bt100,000. Wow a whopping 100.000 Bt fine !!! How much for murder ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Having repeatedly observed several hundred airborne lanterns launched into the flightpath @ either end of my local (30+ flights per day) runway it would probably be safer to have no take offs or landings plus min height restrictions between say 1600hrs & 0200hrs one night per year. is that minimum height restrictions applicable to take off and landings only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Last November people sought permission for release of 12,086 sky lanterns and pilots of 1,441 flights informed the department of sky lantern releases that had not been reported in advance. Oh shut up. Now we know you are full of ****. These lanterns are big in the UK also, and the UK being a control freak culture, there is no call to ban them there and the UK has probably 10 times more flights than Thailand per day. I have never in my life heard of a flight being brought down by a Chinese lantern. They only go a few hundred feet in the air before burning out. Planes exceed that height within seconds of take off. Just ban them within 20KM of any airport. This place gets more stupid by the day. Not true. There were a lot of calls to ban them in the UK They fell into an industrial estate. As yet not banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Just reminds me of the officials banning Guy Fawkes night in OZ, it used to give me great delight of burning effigies of the Prime Minister at the age of five , all this hocus pocus is just another attempt to controlling and taking the fun out of living , next they will be banning alcohol. Hic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradinAsia Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 ban the release of sky lanterns that may jeopardize aviation and to increase the fine for violators to Bt100,000. Wow a whopping 100.000 Bt fine !!! How much for murder ? One hundred baht is not written as 100.000 baht. Neither is 100,000 baht. Can you be a bit more clear with your numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nong38 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 They are a menace to anyone who has property and the people who launch them could not care less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 It's just yet another festival copied from the Chinese, so they may as well ban the festival of the 9 Emperor Gods while they are at it. Chinese are the resident experts in blowing hot air, and been so for 1000s of years. Amateur copycats who know only little enough to be dangerous, shouldn't be playing with matches... Yeah! ban them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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