There is a time and a place for a good joke and 23-year-old Pichit Boondaeng has learned this lesson the hard way.
Yesterday afternoon, he had just boarded a Thai Lion Air flight at Don Muang bound for Hat Yai when a flight attendant started helping passengers place their luggage in the overhead lockers.
According to Pol Col Surachet Bandit, chief of Don Muang police, Mr Pichit told her to be careful as there might be a bomb in one of the cases.
Instead of laughing, the flight attendent reported the incident to the captain who promptly cancelled the flight and ordered all passengers to leave the aircraft immediately.