Phuket crash followed wind threat warnings
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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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A jet carrying many foreign tourists crashed in heavy rain on the island of Phuket and broke apart.
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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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An early warning system would have made all the difference. Instead of being swept to their deaths by the Dec. 26 tsunami, tourists in Thailand and villagers in Sri Lanka could have been alerted to run for higher ground. Even Sumatrans near the epicenter might have recognized the danger posed by a coastal quake and dashed inland.
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Bad weather is being blamed as the probable cause of a plane crash in Indonesia on Tuesday which left at least 25 people dead. An MD-82 passenger plane belonging to budget airline Lion Air skidded off the
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Hong Kong Correspondent Roland Lim. HONG KONG : A total of 277 Hong Kong residents are feared missing, mostly in the Thai resort town of Phuket, following Sunday&#39;s tsunami disaster.
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Typhoon Aere made landfall in southeastern China Wednesday after killing five people and flooding Taiwan, the BBC reported. The storm system packing winds of 86 mph and gusts
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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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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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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) yesterday estimated the damage caused to hotels in the two worst-hit disaster areas _ Khao Lak and Koh Phi Phi _ at 12.8 billion baht, but has yet to determine the extent of the financial losses in Phuket.
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One of the tourism enclaves badly affected by the calamitous Asian earthquake was Phuket, an island located off the Southern part of Thailand.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - Rescue teams hampered by monsoon rains pulled the last bodies on Monday from the charred wreckage of a budget airliner that crashed while trying to land on the Thai resort island of Phuket, killing 89 people.
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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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The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued warnings for both land and sea yesterday as typhoon Aere roared toward the capital, whipping up rough seas that flipped over a Hong Kong fishing boat off the northern coast.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - Thai police ordered foreign  families and friends on Monday to stay away from tsunami-hit  areas, including temporary morgues in Buddhist temples where  they have searched for missing loved ones.
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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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Â· Sightseeing flight took place in bad weather  Â· Army team sent in after villagers find wreckage