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Plane slides off runway in Thailand

Updated on: 04 August,2009 02:31 PM IST  | 
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Several passengers were injured Tuesday when a plane slid off a runway when landing at the popular Thai tourist island of Samui, an airline spokeswoman said.

Plane slides off runway in Thailand

Several passengers were injured Tuesday when a plane slid off a runway when landing at the popular Thai tourist island of Samui, an airline spokeswoman said.


The Bangkok Airways plane on a flight from Krabi to Samui Island slid off the runway at 2.30 p.m. at Samui airport, Nanwipa Gayjanun, a spokeswoman of the airline, confirmed.


She did not provide any further details on the number of injured passengers. Heavy rain during landing is believed to have caused the accident.


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