Don Mueang Airport officials today were evaluating the damage to a new and unopened building that partially collapsed after getting wet.
The airport’s Extension Building 1 was left in ruins, with collapsed walls and roof, in footage posted last night. The damage blamed on severe gusts of wind and heavy rainfall.
The building was to house a tour area that was still under construction. It was reportedly completed in May 2020 at the cost of THB200 million (US$6 million) but has remained closed due to COVID-19.
A few hours later, the page also shared photos of the deconstruction post-rainfall.
People took issue with the quality of the construction work.
“This is just a normal thunderstorm, and there still isn’t much left,” Sorawit Thepbanna wrote. “It’s good that there were no people working in it, the building structure was very weak….
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