Bangkok News.Net
Wednesday 26th November, 2008 (IANS)
Thousands of travellers were stranded at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport Wednesday after their flights were cancelled by a siege on the facility by anti-government protestors.
Serirath Pasutanond, Airports of Thailand director in charge of Suvarnabhumi, estimated that 3,000 passengers had missed their flights after the airport was forced to stop departing flights Tuesday night.
Altogether, 73 flights, including 43 arriving aircraft and 30 departures, had been ‘impacted’, Sirirath said.
Thousands of followers of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) descended on Suvarnabhumi Tuesday evening in a bid to prevent the return of Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru.
The protestors took control of the airport’s entrances about 9 p.m. (14.00 GMT) Tuesday, forcing Airports of Thailand to announce the cancellation of departing flights for security purposes.
At least two bombs also went off in the parking lot of the airport early Wednesday, injuring four people, radio reports said.
