The Air India Express aircraft made a hard landing at Phuket International Airport in Thailand.

08:16, Wed, Mar 11, 2026 Updated: 08:16, Wed, Mar 11, 2026

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The runway at Phuket International Airport in Thailand has been closed after an Air India Express plane made a hard landing, sustaining damage in the process.

The plane, flying from Hyderabad, India, made a hard landing at Phuket International Airport, damaging the aircraft’s nose landing gear. All 133 passengers were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported, local media report.

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Boeing damaged after hard landing, local reports say

A message from Thai news agency TNAMCOT said the hard landing of Air India Express Boeing 737-800 (flight AXB938) at Phuket Airport on March 11, 2026, damaged the nose landing gear and blocking the runway, with no injuries among 140 people on board.

Damaged landing gear

Another photo showing damage to the landing gear of the plane that landed at Phuket Airport.

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Photos from the airport

Here are some photographs showing the damaged plane.

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Passengers 'safely evacuated'

Local media reported that the plane flying from Hyderabad, India, made a hard landing at Phuket International Airport, damaging the aircraft’s nose landing gear. All 133 passengers were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported.

Damage to landing gear

Pictures circulating on social media show the damaged Boeing. 

Here is the update shared by Flightradar24.

The only runway at Phuket Airport is closed after a landing incident involving Air India Express flight #IX938 (Boeing 737 MAX 8 with registration VT-BWQ)
The aircraft landed at 04:24 UTC and pictures in social media show the aircraft on the runway with it's front landing gear\u2026 https://t.co/yWcFeNHx7z pic.twitter.com/qoMBrulnmV

\u2014 Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 11, 2026

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'Landing incident'

The closure followed a "landing incident" involving an Air India Express flight, Flightradar24 said.

Runway closed at Phuket Airport in Thailand

The runway at Phuket International Airport in Thailand has been closed.