Thailand's Phuket airport runway reopens after Air India Express plane fault

*BANGKOK/NEW DELHI, March 11 (Reuters) - The sole runway of Thailand's Phuket airport reopened late on Tuesday, Phuket's governor said, after an Air India Express plane suffered a problem with its nose*

Published: 2026-03-13 01:39 UTC Event date: 2026-03-12

### What happened

Thailand’s Phuket airport runway reopens after Air India Express plane fault BANGKOK/NEW DELHI, March 11 (Reuters) – The sole runway of Thailand’s Phuket airport reopened late on Tuesday, Phuket’s governor said, after an Air India Express plane suffered a problem with its nose wheel when landing, causing the runway to close for several hours.

Show Full Article BANGKOK/NEW DELHI, March 11 (Reuters) – The sole runway of Thailand’s Phuket airport reopened late on Tuesday, Phuket’s governor said, after an Air India Express plane suffered a problem with its nose wheel when landing, causing the runway to close for several hours. From January to November last year, Air India Express reported 95 technical defects, India’s civil aviation ministry said, the second highest among India’s airlines over the period.

### Local context

Thailand’s Phuket airport runway reopens after Air India Express plane fault BANGKOK/NEW DELHI, March 11 (Reuters) – The sole runway of Thailand’s Phuket airport reopened late on Tuesday, Phuket’s governor said, after an Air India Express plane suffered a problem with its nose wheel when landing, causing the runway to close for several hours. Show Full Article BANGKOK/NEW DELHI, March 11 (Reuters) – The sole runway of Thailand’s Phuket airport reopened late on Tuesday, Phuket’s governor said, after an Air India Express plane suffered a problem with its nose wheel when landing, causing the runway to close for several hours.

### Next developments

Parent Air India, a full-service carrier, has come under intense scrutiny in the last few months after a series of safety lapses and a deadly crash in Ahmedabad last June that killed 260 people. BANGKOK/NEW DELHI, March 11 (Reuters) - The sole runway of Thailand's Phuket airport reopened late on Tuesday, Phuket's governor said, after an Air India Express plane suffered a problem with its nose

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