Swashbuckling Thai Queen flies royal aircraft to Japan to attend women's ice hockey championship
Published date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:07:16 +0700Thailand's Queen Suthida flew a royal aircraft to Japan to attend an international women's ice hockey championship, days after making history as the country's first female pilot to fly a Gripen fighter jet solo.
Footage shows the swashbuckling monarch, 48, piloting a Boeing 737-800 that landed at the New Chitose Airport in Chitose, Japan, on Wednesday morning.
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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
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14/10/2026 |
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Duration: 01:38 |
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Rating: News safe |
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