RTAF BT-67 nearly hit by homemade rockets

A Royal Thai Air Force BT-67 training flight had to abort its mission after homemade rockets launched by villagers in Kamphaeng Phet cross their flight path.

RTAF Basler BT-67
By Takeaway (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Authorities allow villagers to launch the rockets during the bung fai bamboo rocket festival last month. The latest rocket launches caught the pilots by surprise.

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