The delayed evacuation of passengers on Nok Air Flight DD108 after a landing mishap in Chiang Rai’s Mae Fah Luang airport shows serious errors of judgement from the emergency responders. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft which had 164 passengers and six crew onboard landed amid heavy rain, skidding off the runway on Saturday night. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Landing trouble amid turbulent weather is possible but the following practice, leaving the passengers on board in the dark, literally and figuratively, for an hour or so is unthinkable. On Saturday night, 20 elderly people and childr…

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