a homemade rocket fired by farmers in the Northeast to bring down rain nearly brought down an instead ,it was revealed yesterday .
the rocket meant to appease the "rain god " ,narrowly missed a small passenger plane. belonging to privately-run PB air ,as it was landing on june 11,the director of roi et airport,....told senior provincial officials.
each year at the beginning of the rainy season, villagers in arid areas of the northeast gather for bang fai festivals,where they fire large,home-made rockets in the hope that phraya thaen will deliver them plenty of rain.
...said the PB AIR pilot had been startled to see the rocket speeding by as he was coming in to land at rai et airport. while there was only a slim chance of rockets causing an accident , aircraft were particularly vulnerable during take-off and landing ,he added