Tyre of Thai Airways plane from India explodes

A tyre of the Thai Airways International aircraft from India exploded while landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport here early this morning.

March 17, 2013 / 12:58 IST

A tyre of the Thai Airways International aircraft from India exploded while landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport here early this morning. All 287 passengers and crew members were evacuated from the twin-engine Airbus 330-300 aircraft that had left Kolkata at 2.48 a.m., the Bangkok Post online reported.

The accident took place when the pilots of the flight THAI TG314 landed the plane at the Bangkok airport at 6.06am, the post reported quoting a local radio station. No other details were available.

first published: Mar 16, 2013 10:02 am

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