
Nok Air has offered compensation to all 164 passengers of a flight that skidded off the runway after landing amid heavy rain at Chiang Rai airport on Saturday, saying it will put more stringent safety protocols in place in accordance with the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).
Nok Air chief executive Wutthiphum Jurangkool said 164 passengers aboard flight DD108 bound for Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai International Airport on Saturday night and another 164 passengers who were booked to take flight DD109 from Chiang Rai to Bangkok on the same day would receive compensation due to the incident involving the airline's Boeing 737-800.