Airship back on air 'not to please Anupong'
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The Army's airship used in the deep South is still in a good condition despite its emergency landing in Pattani on Friday, the Fourth Army Region commander said yesterday.
Lt General Walit Rojanapakdi also insisted that the decision to put the airship back in operation had not been made to please Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda.
Walit explained that the airship was forced to land due to bad weather conditions rather than problems with its engine or other parts, adding that the emergency landing did not inflict any damage on the airship and that it was now in perfect operating condition.
He also denied rumours that the decision to put the airship back in operation was to please Anupong, adding that the airship had been in use for several weeks.
Anupong ordered the purchase of the airship while he was Army chief. The airship was forced to land once before when it was on a military mission to provide security surveillance for then-premier Yingluck Shinawatra in December 2012.
