It’s common for celebrities to travel on commercial planes, and more often than not, the public manages to act with some level of decorum. Well, a pair of celebrities were recently flying out of Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), leading to complete chaos. The situation got so bad that an aircraft door had to be closed, passengers had to be offloaded, and security guards were even disciplined for their racism… oy.
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Celebrities uncontrollably swarmed at Bangkok Airport
This incident happened on July 29, 2026, and involves Ayden Sng and Lv Sitong, “lead co-stars of the Chinese-Singaporean boys’ love drama series, Double Helix” (I’m putting that in quotes because I know nothing about this, and had to look up if “boys’ love drama series” is actually what it sounds like — it seems the answer is yes?).
Anyway, the pair were traveling on TG674, the late night redeye bound for Beijing Capital Airport (PEK). Fans spotted the duo at the airport, and tried to follow them, without listening to instructions. First fans tried to follow them into the lounge, despite not having access. Then fans tried to follow them to the gate, refusing to take part in necessary document checks.
The people even ran down the jet bridge behind them, to the point that the crew had to close the aircraft door, to stop unauthorized people from getting onboard.
Now, some of the fans were actually booked on the flight to Beijing. Given their behavior, the concern was that the situation would become uncontrollable once the plane was airborne, so the airline made the decision to deny boarding to 22 passengers from the group.
Bizarrely, it seems that people were asked to voluntarily get off the flight, with 12 people agreeing to have their luggage removed from the plane, and the other 10 initially refusing. It’s amazing that this was even a discussion.
This all ended up causing a delay. The flight was initially scheduled to depart at 11:50PM, but only took off at 1:06AM.
Airport security staff became racist during this situation
Here’s what makes this situation even wilder. When all of the passengers involved were detained by airport security staff, there was some obvious racism, with at least one staff member being caught making a “slanted eye” gesture at the detained travelers… it wasn’t subtle either.
That’s just disgusting, and also incredibly stupid, when this is happening while people are filming. The airport has had to issue a public apology over the disruption and the incident. While the airport defended the situation to deny boarding to passengers on safety grounds, it also acknowledged the inappropriate behavior of some staff, and promised to take action against them.
Bottom line
A pair of celebrities were flying Thai Airways from Bangkok to Beijing. They apparently had some fans at the airport who swarmed them, and tried to enter the lounge behind them. They even entered the jet bridge to the plane without permission, causing the crew to temporarily close the door. 22 people ended up being denied boarding on the flight. Then in the aftermath, the security staff were racist, making a “slanted eye” gesture to the passengers. What a disaster all around…
What do you make of this celebrity incident at Bangkok Airport?
What no one seems to raise is the security concerns.
These people breached a secured area and should have all been prosecuted and deported with a future travel ban.
Past incidents include drug smuggling and wildlife smuggling. Or even the Priority Pass lounge policies.
You said "security staff." So it was multiple security officers that acted racist? And "At least one..." You seem to be trying hard to turn it into more than one.
Not well handled by the airport security of course, but I really would avoid getting into any kind of confrontation with Thai security or police. In my experience they are nice when you are nice..
Was thinking I was on the Onion with this article, there are so many outlandish aspects to this whole case. Also never thought I'd hear of BL in OMAAT till now, lol
Not great, but still slightly better than Dr. Dao. I mean, they could’ve knocked them the F out…
You don’t know Southeast Asian BL drama, Ben? What kinda gay are you?
@ Udo -- Hah, I guess I know what I'll be researching this evening!
Essentially, Heated Rivalry with no hockey and no obvious sex. Boys Love is a really popular genre in manga and anime, especially among female audiences.
Not defending them, but in Asia racism and political correctness are perceived quite differently. I think we should never (try to?) insult people, even less so when fulfilling an official role, but I don't think this has the same meaning as it would have in the US.
I grew up in Korea (not China I know) and that gesture is absolutely not OK hahaha
Not sure if the Thai security lady who made the "slanty eye" gesture understands the concepts of irony and/or self awareness.
Either way, a very bad look for her and an embarrassment to the land of smiles.
Thai people mostly don't have epicanthic folds (what gets stereotyped as "slanted eyes" among east Asians). So the guard probably doesn't actually have the feature she was mocking.
Basically, I think there's some subtle intra-Asian racism going on here that westerns sometimes have a hard time following.
Relatedly, I always laugh when people suggest Americans are especially racist, which is always a strong sign that someone hasn't traveled much.
@Anon
I don't think TravelinPenis gets around as much as he pretends.
If you have celebrities famous enough for this kind of response you'd expect they'd hire some more security to travel with them. Also curious to know if all these fans just happened to be at the airport with tickets when they spotted the celebrities.
Also I guarantee there will be people in the comments saying how stupid celebrity worship culture is when they have the same kind of worship towards certain corporations that fly lots of planes