Nok Air pilots joked about crashing plane with Yingluck aboard
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Nok Air chief executive Patee Sarasin Monday apologised to Yingluck Shinawatra over controversial Line comments directed at the ex-prime minister by some of the airline’s pilots while she was aboard a flight. “It is a personal opinion. I don’t know wheth
He said he wrote an apology letter to Yingluck, telling her that the event had nothing to do with Nok Air. “The airline is for every Thai and we do not get involved in politics. Passengers’ safety is our first priority and the image of the airline belongs to Thais,’’ he said.
He said he would take drastic action against the staff involved. “We cannot let go of this because the airline business is about safety,’’ he said.
He said that it was not suitable for uniformed pilots to make political remarks because the airline had nothing to do with politics.
According to reports, a group of assistant pilots exchanged messages on Sunday on flight DD8005 from Phrae province to Don Mueang International Airport.
The messages were followed by pictures of Yingluck and her team getting on the plane.
One of the messages said “victims are on board” followed my another message stating “CFIT.’’
CFIT is an aviation term, meaning an accident in which an aircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, a body of water or an obstacle.
