Latest Passengers stranded overnight on Phuket when a flight was cancelled will be hoping to get off the holiday island soon before delays extend much further. A relief flight is due to arrive.
SURABAYA: Weather was probably the “triggering factor” in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 with icing likely causing engine damage, Indonesia’s meteorological agency said today (January 4), as divers prepared to search the plane wreckage.
PHUKET: Traffic was badly jammed on Srisoonthorn Rd yesterday (January 3) when a six-wheel truck full of soil flipped after a rear tyre blew out.
News Analysis Thanks to the military takeover in Thailand, Phuket has one last chance to prove it can right past wrongs, obliterate greed and corruption and retain its place as a popular destination.
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PHUKET: Superstar Beyoncé Knowles, currently staying in Phuket with husband Jay Z and daughter Blue Ivy, posted on her Facebook at 2:09am on January 1, “Have a safe and Happy New Year.”PHUKET: Superstar Beyonce, currently staying in Phuket with husband Jay Z and daughter Blue Ivy, posted on her Facebook at 2:09am on January 1, “Have a safe and Happy New Year.”
PHUKET: Tha Chat Chai police are investigating a battle involving hundreds of people that broke out on New Years Day (January 1) in the huge camp for labourers working on the Phuket International Airport expansion.
BANGKOK: The impeachment of three former Pheu Thai-government leaders will begin next week when National Legislative Assembly (NLA) members return from their holiday break amid promises that the assembly will be completely free of interference by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).