A British tourist who mysteriously went missing during a trip to Thailand has been found safe after his family were told he had flown 5,000 miles away.
Simon Robinson, 27, from Skegness, Lincolnshire, was due to fly back to the United Kingdom on July 26 but never boarded his flight home, prompting an urgent two-week search.
His phone signal was last detected in Bangkok and he disappeared five minutes before reaching Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
This week Mr Robinson’s family received information that he had in fact boarded a flight to Finland.
The 27-year-old was then supposed to catch a connecting flight from Helsinki to Manchester but never did.
Now his sister has confirmed that Mr Robinson has been found safe and well but his location remains unknown.
She told the Sun: ‘Simon rang me and apologised. He’s okay thank God.
‘He didn’t say [where he was]. I’m just so happy he is okay.’
She added that her brother did not confirm whether or not he would be coming back to the UK.
Mr Robinson flew to Thailand on a solo trip on July 22 and initially planned to stay until August 3.
But he phoned his girlfriend on July 26 to say he was coming come early and was not seen or heard from for two weeks.
Worried family and friends previously said they had contacted the British Embassy in Bangkok to help them locate Mr Robinson.
But when no progress was made on the case, they turned to social media for help.
Simon’s friend, Sam Champ, wrote online, posting a picture of him on August 2: ‘One of my dear friends has gone missing in Bangkok, he hasn’t been heard from since the 26th of July.
‘He was supposed to board a flight that day and he didn’t show up. It was his 27th birthday yesterday and everyone is growing very concerned.
‘He has been reported as a missing person. I’ve attached a picture of him, his name is Simon Robinson and he’s from Lincolnshire.
‘If anyone could share this post onward to anyone in Bangkok or Thailand I’d be so grateful.’
Mr Robinson’s sister Sarah said while he was still missing that she had received ‘hundreds of messages’ after appeals to find him were launched online.
She thanked people for sharing pictures of her brother and urged those in Bangkok who had seen the posts to keep an eye out for him.