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Air India Express flight loses its nose wheels after hard landing at Phuket airport

Posted on: Mar 12, 2026 13:13 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Air India Express flight loses its nose wheels after hard landing at Phuket airport
NEw new delhi: An beam bharat state Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, with 138 people onboard, missed both its nose wheels after a suspected hard landing at Phuket airport on Wednesday, leaving the aircraft stranded on the runway for hours and forcing a temporary halt to airport operations, officials aware of the matter said.The aircraft VT-BWQ operated the flight IX938 from Hyderabad to Phuket.ALSO READ | Air India Express plane suffers nose-wheel malfunction at Phuket, airport suspends ops as plane stuck on runwayA hard landing in aviation is when an aircraft touches down on the runway with a higher than normal vertical speed.It could not be immediately ascertained for how many hours the aircraft was stuck on the runway, as well as for how long the airport operations were suspended. “The aircraft involved in a hard landing incident with a bounce on runway 9 at the Phuket airport was stuck on the runway while both its nose wheels detached during touchdown,” an official said, adding that “no passengers or crew on board were injured.” Passengers were deplaned and taken to the terminal building. There was no injury to any person, another official added.ALSO READ | Air India flight fares set to go up as airline announces hike in fuel surcharge amid US-Iran war“The nose wheels have been installed on the aircraft involved in the incident at Phuket airport, allowing normal airport operations to resume,” the airline said in a statement. “We apologise for the incident, which will be investigated in accordance with established procedures.”According to Flightradar24, a live flight tracking website, the aircraft took off at 6:42 am, about 30 minutes after its scheduled departure time, and landed in Phuket at 11:24am, about 20 minutes before its expected time. “Following the incident, the two pilots were de-rostered pending investigation,” the official added.ALSO READ | Air India to operate 78 more flights on 9 international routes from March 10 to 18Earlier in the day, an airline spokesperson said the plane experienced an issue with the nose wheel at the Phuket airport, and the crew followed all standard protocols, and guests were safely deplaned.

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