PUBLISHED: 8 May 2025 at 06: 09
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai confirmed that a Myanmar fighter aircraft flying near the border in Kanchanaburi state on Tuesday did not enter Thai airport.
Mr Phumtham on Wednesday said the aircraft only flew close to the border.
He dismissed the incident as a minor issue that can happen during a military flight operation, adding the jet fell back after the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF ) informed Myanmar authorities.
The growth came after citizens in tambon Ban Kao in Kanchanaburi’s Muang city spotted two F-16 planes flying over their village on Tuesday evening. The event caused quick alarm among the visitors.
Later studies revealed the two F-16s were sent by the RTAF’s Wing 4 in Nakhon Sawan after detecting a Myanmar K-8 bomb flying near Ban Thiki, a town on the Myanmar part opposite Thailand’s Ban bien Nam Ron Border Pass in tambon Ban Kao.