Thai AirAsia flight makes emergency landing in Chiang Mai to escape hail storm

Thai AirAsia flight FD9122 from Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok to Nan province in northern Thailand made an emergency landing at 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, where it was scheduled to land at 6.45pm.

A passenger told Matichon that everyone on board was shocked and some people were crying. The plane was shaking, the passenger said.

The pilot circled the plane around to escape the storm before informing passengers that the aircraft couldn’t land in Nan due to the weather conditions. Instead, the pilot would make an emergency landing at Chiang Mai Airport instead to wait for the storm to pass.

After waiting out the storm in Chiang Mai, the flight took off again, landing at Nan Nakhon Airport at 9.30pm.

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