Besides the ghosts during construction, the Bangkok International Airport has had a number of issues. One of the issues is the noise that has detrimentally impacted some of the surrounding neighborhoods.
The government agreed to purchase homes where the sound reached certain levels. Quite a number of residents who did not qualify have complained that they are unable to sleep due to the noise. One family complained that the vibrations caused their elderly father to lose the grip on his walker and fall to the ground.
Frustrated at the lack of attention to their plight, the residents threatened to disrupt air traffic by releasing balloons in the airspace around the airport. This got the government's attention, and meetings were scheduled to examine the problem.
While the government has not agreed to buy their property, they have been supplying these residents with prescription sleeping pills. Trucks arrive and pass out bags of sleeping pills to residents sans a doctors prescription or exam.
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