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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Jenny Soo and her family are finally home after being stranded in Bangkok for three days.
All they wanted to do was leave Thailand, even if it meant a 23-hour journey by road.
"We couldn’t wait, we (were) worried the situation will get worse in Bangkok, so we have to come back first," said Soo’s brother.
Soo said the family of five chartered a van for US$350 to drive them from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur, a journey of over 1000 kilometres.
Other stranded passengers managed to board a flight from U-Tapao International Airport at Pattaya, some 140 kilometres from Bangkok, in order to return to Kuala Lumpur.
The CEO of the low cost carrier AirAsia, Tony Fernandez, who is forking out additional cash to fly these stranded passengers home, hopes for a quick end to the deadlock with Thai protestors.
He said: "We've been through (the) tsunami and all, it will bounce back, I am optimistic… (I) just hope it won’t be prolonged."
Both Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia are arranging at least three more flights from U-Tapao.
- CNA/yt
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