BANGKOK: Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) on Wednesday (Jan 31) clarified that its pilot decided to land flight TG465 in Sydney due to unfavourable weather conditions at Melbourne airport in southeastern Australia.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the national flag carrier assured that all its flight crews strictly followed international standards on air navigation and safety, and were certified by domestic and international supervising bodies. It added that the airline’s primary goal was to ensure the safety of passengers.
The airline was responding to a Facebook post of a Thai passenger who on Monday had expressed his grievance flying TG465 from Bangkok to Melbourne on Jan 28. The man accused the flight captain of lying about bad weather and switching to landing at Sydney airport after about…
