Suvarnabhumi cargo monitoring staff member was fired for failing to conduct a suspicious bag search.
PUBLISHED: 5 October 2023 at 22:07.
A Suvarnabhumi airport baggage screening employee has been fired for failing to research a case that turned out to be filled with smuggled creatures, some of which got free and disrupted travel from Bangkok to Taipei.
The Suvarnabhumi airport’s administration announced on Thursday that a classmate watching an X-ray screening unit had flagged an employee of AOT Aviation Security Co as suspicious, but the employee had not opened the bag.
On Wednesday at around 1.45 p.m., two immigrants carried the case past the X-ray machine. They boarded a Thai VietJet Air aircraft that left that day at 3.32 p.m.
See accounts indicate that problems on board the aircraft started soon after takeoff when a passenger saw rat while going to the bathroom. After searching the aircraft, house employees discovered an otter under a pilot’s seat.
After being bitten on the hand, a female flight attendant managed to catch the mouse and put it in the galley’s field.
The house staff announced and asked anyone who had brought creatures on board to identify themselves. A black tote bag containing additional creatures was discovered under the woman’s desk after she admitted responsibility for the incident.
According to Pakpong Pathong, the airport’s animals inspection chief, Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei officials discovered the bag to contain 20 Cambodian star tortoises, a snake, two otters, prairie dogs, and two dark gigantic squirrels. When the plane landed, no customers claimed it despite the fact that it had been carried into the passenger room.
According to reports, the suspect was being interrogated by Taiwanese police and could receive a fine of up to NT$ 1 million( 1.15 million baht ).
The majority-owned company of Airports of Thailand Plc, which runs Suvarnabhumi aircraft, is AOT Aviation Security Co, the company of the careless bag test.