Thai volunteer takes to skies to drop supplies to flood victims
The Peninsula
BANGKOK: A paramotoring enthusiast in northern Thailand has taken to the skies to help deliver urgently need supplies to people cut off by floods.
Thrill-seeker Vichai Tiyasan, 38, has been motoring over waterlogged lands to drop off dry food and essential items in Sukhothai, one of 30 provinces impacted by floods in the past week.
Footage of his ultralight aviation endeavours have been shared widely on social media.
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