Brawling tourist group thrown off plane at Phuket airport (Guess the country)

[Yoshitsune]

Brawling Chinese tourist group thrown off plane at Phuket airport

Flight from Phuket to Wuhan delayed after bloody fight breaks out over seating dispute

PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 18 February, 2014, 11:12pm
UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 February, 2014, 11:12pm

Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian on Phuket

The China Eastern Airlines flight to Wuhan in Hubei province was delayed by about an hour. Photo: EPA

A Chinese tour group was thrown off a plane just before it was due to take off from Phuket, after 15 of them engaged in a ferocious brawl, airport officials said.

The China Eastern Airlines flight to Wuhan in Hubei province was delayed by about an hour on Sunday morning while the entire tour group of 27 passengers, some of them bruised and bloodied, were escorted off the aircraft.

"The captain had to delay the flight while the 15 and another 12 people travelling with them were offloaded," airport deputy general manager Kanputt Mungklasiri said.

Once back in Phuket International Airport's terminal, the fighting mainlanders were forced to reconcile by airline and airport officials, Kanputt said.

Chinese media reported that the passengers came to blows over who would be sitting in which seats.

Chutian Metropolis Daily said the incident began when a woman with a child said she expected to change seats with someone seated beside her husband. The husband then quarrelled with his wife and swore at her, the newspaper said - but the man beside her thought the husband had pointed at him.

The newspaper quoted a passenger named Ding as saying the two men cursed each other for several minutes. The men then started swinging and other passengers quickly joined in.

One man was beaten badly by several men while he was sitting in his seat and suffered facial injuries. A woman was assaulted and had a bloodied mouth.

Flight crew tried to intervene, but "the aisle was narrow, and the people were hysterical at that time they did not stop," a staff member from the airline told the newspaper.

The crew were forced to abort the take-off and called Phuket airport security to stop the fight. Thai tourist police arrived, hauled the tour group off the plane and the aircraft finally took off one hour late.

The number of Chinese visitors to Thailand has been growing fast, bringing complaints about their behaviour.

In October, Phuket International Airport shop owners held a meeting with airport staff and Chinese airlines to complain about a spate of thefts by passengers who escaped by dashing onto their departing aircraft.

 

[Yoshitsune]

Chinese Tourists Offloaded in Phuket Brawl Over Flight Seating

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Phuket Airport: A crowded place now attracting more Chinese tourists. Photo by phuketwan

PHUKET: Fifteen Chinese tourists fought on a plane about to take off from Phuket International Airport on Sunday, Phuket officials confirmed today in the latest blow to Chinese tourism.

''The captain had to delay the flight while the 15 and another 12 people travelling with them were offloaded,'' Deputy Phuket Airport General Manager Kanputt Mungklasiri said today.

Before sunrise inside Phuket's airport, the fighting Chinese were forced to reconcile by airline and airport officials, Khun Kanputt said. Witnesses to the dust-up were amazed at what they saw, according to reports.

It is believed passengers on the China Eastern Airlines flight from Phuket to Wuhan came to blows over who would be sitting in which seats.

A passenger named Ding told a news outlet that the dispute began when two men cursed each other for several minutes and then they got into a physical conflict on the plane.

One man was beaten heavily by several men while he was sitting in his seat and received facial injuries. Another woman was beaten and had blood around her mouth, the Chutian Metropolis Daily reported.

Flight crew tried to persuade the two groups to stop, but ''the aisle was narrow, and the people were hysterical at that time, they did not stop,'' a staff member from the airline told the newspaper.

The crew were forced to call Phuket airport security to stop the fight. Thai Tourist Police arrived and took away those involved.

According to the newspaper, a woman with a child had expected to change seats on board the flight with someone seated beside her husband.

The husband then quarreled with the wife and cursed her, but the man beside her thought the husband had pointed at him.

The aircraft finally took off, one hour late. Some passengers were later fined by the airline, Phuketwan was told.

Phuket's passenger brawl comes with the number of Chinese visitors to Thailand growing at an exponential rate. Resort managers complain about guests who arrive for breakfast when the doors open at 6.30am and do not leave until the doors close at 10.30am.

An entry tax of HK$100 on visitors arriving from China by land in Hong Kong is being proposed to attract ''quality tourists'' willing to spend and to counter a projected surge in mainland travelers over the next few years.

Complaints are also on the increase in neighboring Macau and mainland visitors have recently been described as ''locusts'' in Hong Kong.

 

[THE_CHANSTER]

Surprisingly not Ang Mohs? They are usually the trouble makers on a plane.

 

[Kohliantye]

Maybe these brawlers were under the impression that Liaoning (Chinese aircraft carrier) would have come to their rescue from Hainan island.

 

[sadshishamo]

They still give problems but the Chinese mainlanders have overtaken them.

Surprisingly not Ang Mohs? They are usually the trouble makers on a plane.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Ang mors are worst type of passengers. If you observe ang mors on planes, u will know they are a bunch of fussy assholes.

Those traveling with kids will demand those seats near the aisles and even the front where there is more leg room. Ask for toy. Ask for extra cushion.

 

[tonychat]

then it is much better travelling in business class... i have bad experiences in budget airline with those chinks.

 

[looneytan]

Brawling tourist group thrown off plane at Phuket airport (Guess the country)

Phuket is in Thailand, isn't it!

 

[laksaboy]

Surprisingly not Ang Mohs? They are usually the trouble makers on a plane.

Nah, them farangs are trouble makers at Soi Cowboy and Patong beach.

 

[griffin]

Mangy dogs can wear diamond studded collars but they are still pariah dogs.

 

[Kohliantye]

Nah, them farangs are trouble makers at Soi Cowboy and Patong beach.

Or Or at Soi Bangla over Catamites or Ladyboyz

 

[nangkhammei]

This group of ah tiongs from shaolin temple and trying to show off their kungfu moves?

 

[Devil Within]

Communist China, full of crooks, should not be allowed to leave their corrupted Communist country.

 

[johnny333]

Surprisingly not Ang Mohs? They are usually the trouble makers on a plane.

Airlines like SIA give them more leeway because it is expected that they are more troublesome eh...I mean more demanding

Those who usually get into trouble are usually the ones that dink too much. I don't know why they just don't just ban liquor on board the planes

 

[Froggy]

They still give problems but the Chinese mainlanders have overtaken them.

May I ask - are you a boy or girl?

 

[KouRyu]

This group of ah tiongs from shaolin temple and trying to show off their kungfu moves?

They are trying to show that their Wing Chun are more superior than the Muay Thai.

 

[Jiuma]

everything also can fight over with. they really good.

 

[sadshishamo]

I am a lifeless pregnant fish ready to be served in a Japanese restaurant thats why my sadness.

May I ask - are you a boy or girl?

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

I do not want to be in a plane full of ah nehs or ah tiongs.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Ang mors are worst type of passengers. If you observe ang mors on planes, u will know they are a bunch of fussy assholes.

Those traveling with kids will demand those seats near the aisles and even the front where there is more leg room. Ask for toy. Ask for extra cushion.

it's strange but even when they are demanding ppl still like them or think that they are civil.