China: Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra posted photos sitting with her brother Thaksin in an unmanned passenger aircraft in Guangzhou.
The photo was posted on Yingluck's personal Facebook account on November 5, to show the EHang unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and manufactured by Beijing-based Yi-Hang. This device is expected to become the first commercial passenger UAV in the world.
The UAV model introduced by Thaksin brothers weighs about 340 kg, can fly continuously for 25 minutes at a maximum speed of 160 km / h, reaching a range of 30-50 km depending on the load. The UAV has been recently licensed by China's aviation authority and is testing a shuttle service, transporting medical equipment and organs for emergencies.
Thaksin served as prime minister of Thailand in 2001-2006, was overthrown in a military coup and exiled from 2008 to avoid criminal charges that he blamed on military authorities. erect.
Yingluck, Thaksin's sister, became Thai prime minister in 2011 and was deposed after a military coup in 2014. She was sentenced to five years in 2017 by the Thai Supreme Court for distraction. He was responsible for the rice subsidy project and caused a large loss of money, but fled.
Photos of the brothers Thaksin and Yingluck occasionally appear on social media. Thai media earlier this year reported that Yingluck had a Cambodian passport and became president and legal representative of Shantou International Container Terminal Company in Guangdong Province, China.