Brit tourists threatened with DEATH PENALTY for taking selfies at Phuket airport as Thai airport bosses say photos are distracting pilots

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Brit tourists threatened with death penalty for taking selfies at Thai airport

BRIT tourists snapping selfies while planes take off in Phuket have been warned they could face the death penalty for distracting pilots.

The executives have not explained how taking pictures of the aircraft could pose a danger, but it is believed to relate to the potential to distract pilots in the same way that drones and laser pens can.Officials told local media that the maximum punishment for distracting pilots with such devices is the death sentence.

He said anyone found guilty of deliberately distracting the pilots could be punished under the Air Navigation Act.Kaewsaithiam told the Bangkok Post: "The maximum penalty is the death sentence."Despite the warnings, footage taken this week at the popular selfie spot shows bikini clad women and men in their swimming trunks taking pictures while planes take off.

 

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