This week: airport accident, pub fire, flyover collapse and bikini request
Chiang Rai airport accident
Chiang Rai's Mae Fah Luang international airport reopened today, six days after a Nok Air flight slid off the runway while landing in heavy rain.
No injuries were reported in the accident.
Passengers were kept in the cabin for around an hour, in the dark and with no air conditioning, until they were allowed to leave via a slide from an emergency exit.
Nok Air responded to passenger complaints, saying the pilot kept them in the plane for safety reasons, adding that there could have been dangerous animals outside the aircraft.
Efforts to remove the damaged plane were hampered by storms.
Pub fire kills 13
At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 others injured when a fire broke out at a pub in Chon Buri in the early hours of this morning.
The blaze started about 1am as people were packed in Mountain B pub in Sattahip.
Footage showed people running for safety and screaming following the blaze, and some were seen running with their bodies engulfed in flames.
News reports said nine men and four women died in the fire. Rescuers reported that 41 people were injured.
Police said all victims up to now were Thai nationals.
U-turn bridge collapse kills two
Two people were killed and two injured when a beam fell from a U-turn flyover onto the Rama II Highway in Samut Sakhon.
The concrete beam, about 10 metres long and weighing about five tonnes, together with its concrete rail guard. fell onto three vehicles passing underneath the flyover.
More lanes were closed on Rama II Road on Wednesday, to allow the removal of more loose-hanging concrete slabs from a flyover bridge.
Local highway officials said there were marks on the concrete showing a tall vehicle had hit the bridge.
Navy says no to bikinis
The Thai navy were busy this week protecting civilians from the threat of bikini-wearing beachgoers.
A Facebook post on the "Quotidien de Thailande" account showed a photo of a "No Bikini" sign on Koh Samae San, off Chon Buri province.
The island is navy territory.
A spokesman said the navy does not prohibit women wearing bikinis on its beaches but asks visitors for their cooperation in not doing so, out of respect for Thai culture.
The signs were being removed and would be replaced with new ones to create a better understanding of the navy's intention to encourage a conservative form of tourism.
