Thai Airways is Suing a Passenger Who Complained That Their Flight Had to Divert Due to Bad Weather

Thai Airways is threatening to take legal action against a passenger who criticized the airline in a Facebook post after their flight was forced to divert to an alternative airport due to bad weather at their intended destination.

The threat to sue the passenger comes after Thai Airways flight 645 from Bangkok to Melbourne on January 28 ended up diverting to Sydney because of high winds around Melbourne Airport.

After safely diverting to Sydney, the plane was then quickly prepared to return to Melbourne, and the passengers ended up arriving at their intended destination around four hours later than planned.

Airlines usually stress that weather-related diversions are taken out of an abundance of caution, and an industry-wide policy of ‘better safe than sorry’ is usually appreciated by passengers.

In this case, one passenger didn’t…