The captain of the Nok Air flight that slid off the runway at Chiang Rai airport will be summoned by regulators to explain why passengers were kept on board the aircraft for about an hour after the accident. Suttipong Kongpool, director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), said on Monday that the chief pilot of flight DD108 will be ordered to defend the decision. “The rationale behind the decision is what the CAAT needs to hear from the captain,” Mr Suttipong told the “Inside Thailand” news programme. The Don Mueang-Chiang Rai flight with 164 passengers and six crew slid…

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