Thai AirAsia flight FD9122 from Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok to Nan province in northern Thailand diverted to Chiang Mai Airport yesterday after getting caught in a hail storm.
After taking off from Bangkok at 5.25pm, the aircraft began experiencing turbulence upon almost reaching Nan Nakhon Airport, the place it was scheduled to land at 6.45pm.
A passenger told Matichon that everyone on board was shocked and some folks were crying. The plane was shaking, the passenger mentioned.
The pilot circled the plane round to flee the storm before informing passengers that the aircraft couldn’t land in Nan due to the weather circumstances. Instead, the pilot would divert to Chiang Mai Airport instead to attend for the storm to pass.
After ready out the storm in Chiang Mai, the flight took off again, landing at Nan Nakhon Airport at 9.30pm.
Kickstart applauded and thanked the pilot for deciding to redirect to maintain them secure when the flight lastly landed at its vacation spot.
Consequently, flight FD9123 from Nan to Bangkok departed later than scheduled.
The passenger advised Matichon that there have been 200 passengers on board the redirected flight, which is presumably an exaggeration because the route is serviced by an Airbus A320-200 and Boeing 737-800s, neither of which might facilitate that many passengers. The flight additionally didn’t look full from the pictures.
The storm triggered damage to property in Ban Na Kuen in Kluea Nuea subdistrict, utterly blowing the zinc rooves off some homes, stories Matichon.
No one was reported to be injured by the storm.
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