Thai bomb threat suspect arrested

Thai bomb threat suspect arrested

THAILAND: Police said on Thursday they had arrested a man for
making a hoax bomb threat that delayed a China Airlines flight to
Bangkok by two hours.

Pichai Siriwannaporn, 41, the owner of a job placement agency
in Bangkok, was arrested after he admitted to police that he had
made the prank call to Bangkok International Airport late on
Tuesday.

Pichai told officials that a bomb was aboard flight CI065 of
Taiwanese carrier China Airlines, scheduled to leave Taipei for
the Thai capital.

Thai officials notified their Taiwanese counterparts and the
flight was delayed for two hours at Taipei international airport
while the plane was searched.

The flight landed at Bangkok early Wednesday without any
incident. --AFP