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Paris airport pandemonium as bag handler breaks
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» PARIS - With just one year to go before Paris hosts the Olympic Games, one of the city's airports suffered an unprecedented breakdown Thursday that led to a mountain of luggage piling up and delayed flights.
Reopening a good bet with high costs
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 12/11/2021
» Nearly two weeks into Thailand's official reopening during the Covid-19 pandemic, it is time to evaluate the country's vaccine management plan, economic costs and prospects of recovery. While the reopening is worth the attendant risks, Thailand is paying a disproportionately high price for earlier mistakes and the government's mismanagement. As the reopening phase builds up, the Thai economy is likely to see a weak and tentative recovery trajectory with medium-term challenges and question marks.
Couple held for stealing air traveller's forgotten iPad
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 10/01/2020
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Two airport employees have been charged with the theft of an iPad a passenger had left behind on a plane after arriving at Suvarnabhumi.
Baggage handler held after airport theft
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 07/09/2019
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A baggage handler has been arrested on charges of stealing 4,000 baht in cash from a South Korean woman’s luggage at Suvarnabhumi airport.
Australian horse racing industry rocked by drug arrest
AFP, Published on 24/05/2019
» SYDNEY - Australia's horse racing industry was reeling Friday after a high-profile owner was charged with being part of a syndicate smuggling cocaine on commercial flights from South Africa.
A bucket list
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 22/03/2019
» Terminal illness and dying have never seemed so cute as in Peter Hutchings' latest dramedy, Departures, about the odd friendship between an emotionally stunted hypochondriac and a terminally ill manic British girl.
Ex-Arsenal footballer Kanu robbed of $11,000 at Moscow airport: agency
AFP, Published on 04/06/2018
» MOSCOW - Former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu had $11,000 (9,300 euros) stolen from his suitcase at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on his way to playing in a friendly match organised by FIFA, TASS reported.
"Mischievous" Singapore handler sent bags astray
Reuters, Published on 21/09/2017
» SINGAPORE: A man who worked as a baggage handler at Singapore's Changi Airport swapped tags on hundreds of bags, sending the luggage to the wrong destinations, the Straits Times newspaper reported.
Bag handler blamed in theft case
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 20/08/2017
» Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) has said it suspects an employee of an outsourcing firm working at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport might have stolen items from the luggage of a couple taking THAI flights between Japan and Phuket last week.
Suvarnabhumi baggage handlers nabbed for stealing
Online Reporters, Published on 24/07/2017
» Two baggage handlers were found stealing money and other accessory items from passengers’ luggage while loading it onto a plane on Friday night, according to a press statement from Suvarnabhumi airport.