A passenger who complained online about his flight's diversion is being sued by Thai Airways [View all]

Source: Business Insider

A passenger who complained online about his flight's diversion is being sued by Thai Airways

Pete Syme
Mon, February 5, 2024 at 7:56 AM EST·2 min read

Thailand's national airline said Thursday it is taking legal action against a passenger who accused it of wrongly diverting his flight.

In a Facebook post, Thai Airways said the passenger had shared "damaging words" after the flight had to land at a different airport due to weather conditions.

Four days earlier, an Airbus A350 flying from Bangkok to Melbourne, Australia diverted to Sydney. It reached its intended destination four hours later than scheduled, per data from Flightradar24.

Aviation news website SimpleFlying reported that a heavy fog obscured the sky and ground visibility was reduced to 200 meters, so it would've been dangerous to attempt a landing.

But one passenger took to Facebook to criticize the captain's judgment. ...

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/passenger-complained-online-flights-diversion-125646089.html

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The article goes on, stating that the traveler deleted the post, after it was rebutted by the flight's first officer. However the traveler may still be afoul of Thailand's strict libel and "false information" laws.