Phuket crash followed wind threat warnings
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PHUKET, Thailand  - The Indonesian pilot of a budget airliner that crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket, killing 89 people, tried to land despite being warned of windshear threats, a top Thai aviation official said on Tuesday.
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Sunday started out like any other at Thailand&#39;s Phuket island resort: It was idyllic. Sun-worshippers soaked up the rays; others frolicked on the beach.
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The warning system worked perfectly. From sensors far offshore, Japanese meteorologists detected a tsunami headed toward the southern island of Ishigaki in March 2002 and quickly warned residents of the possible danger.
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Stunning pictures just in from Asia show one of nature&#39;s most-feared acts: a tsunami crashing into a beach on Thailand&#39;s Phuket Island.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - Heavy monsoon rain hampered the retrieval of several bodies trapped in the wreckage of a budget airliner that crashed while trying to land on the Thai resort island of Phuket, killing 88 people.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - The death toll in a plane crash on the Thai resort island of Phuket on Sunday was 88, Phuket deputy governor Vorapot Rajsima said.
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Four tourists died in the southern Thai tourist resort of Phuket after a major earthquake hit Southeast Asia yesterday, a disaster official said.
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Indo-China Correspondent May Ying Welsh. PHUKET : Aftershocks continue to rattle Thailand&#39;s southern resort island of Phuket as the grisly task of recovering bodies and searching for survivors continues in the aftermath of a tsunami.
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In a statement last night the 81-year-old actor-director and Lady Attenborough said that Lucy had âdied at the sceneâ as a wall of water engulfed the resort of Phuket, where
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Scotland braces itself for 100mph winds amid warnings of the most damaging storms for more than a decade.
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A passenger plane trying to land today in heavy rain on the tourist island of Phuket crashed and was engulfed in flames. At least 60 people were killed, Thai officials said.
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Half of the systems used to detect wind shear at the Phuket airport were not working at the time of the weekend plane crash that killed 89 people, a Thai official said Tuesday.
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Thailand&#39;s beach resorts were among the worst-hit as waves triggered by the underwater quake swept scores of people out to sea, drowning swimmers and sinking boats.
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The Indonesian pilot of a budget airliner that crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket tried to land despite being warned of windshear threats, a Thai air traffic control official said on Tuesday.
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AUSTRALIANS holidaying in the Thai resort of Phuket today described the devastation unleashed by massive waves triggered by a major earthquake.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - A budget airliner crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket on Sunday, killing 88 people as it broke up and burst into flames while trying to land in driving rain, a senior official said.
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Foreign tourists from Phi Phi Islands arrive in Phuket, December 26, 2004 after the area was hit by a devastating tsunami. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami