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"After leaving Suvarnabhumi Airport Saturday morning, a Thai AirAsia plane had to abort its flight to Narathiwat, officially due to technical reasons, but passengers said the U-turn was more about part of its wing falling off."

"Passengers were told they would have a new plane ready for departure at 12.45, Anothai said. He and his co-passengers believed that the "the technical problem" was in fact the cover of the upper section of the jet's right wing that had peeled off.

They noticed that the mechanics fixing the plane's wing didn't look too confident, he said.

After two hours of waiting, they become upset upon learning that they had to fly on the same plane, which the budget airline's officials insisted was repaired, he said.

The chief mechanic was summoned to assure the passengers that the missing component - which was not replaced due to the lack of a spare - would not impair the plane's operability.

But some passengers were not convinced. They insisted that Thai AirAsia officials back up their word that the plane was safe by getting on with them and flying to Narathiwat."