Many looked panicked and were in pain: Thai rescue chief who aided SQ321 passengers on tarmac

Ruamkatanyu Foundation chief of operations Piyalux Thinkaew said most of the injuries were fractures and cuts, but he observed that few had life-threatening injuries. - ST

BANGKOK: Major fires, road accidents and even collapsed buildings are Piyalux Thinkaew’s usual scene of work, especially because he has been in the emergency and rescue field for nearly three decades.

But the call to be part of the medical operation attending to dozens of passengers injured in the turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane that made an emergency landing in Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on May 21, was a first for the Ruamkatanyu Foundation chief of operations.