Asian Nations Restrict Thai Flights

China and Singapore have joined Japan and South Korea in restricting flights by Thailand’s airlines as the kingdom scrambles to address “significant safety concerns” by the U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

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The January audit in Thailand “revealed some safety concerns, primarily relating to air operator certification procedures,” said Anthony Philbin, communications chief for the ICAO Secretary General in Montreal in an e-mailed response to a VOA query. “We can’t discuss any further details in light of the agreement in place between the Organization and its Member States governing the conduct and reporting of ICAO universal safety oversight audit results.”

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