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Update: 88 dead, Phuket Airport closed till Monday

(Bangkokpost.com, agencies) - BPHUKET – Services at Phuket International Airport were suspended while airport workers and emergency personnel cleared the runway of wreckage in the aftermath of the horrendous crash of a budget passenger airliner... ...full story at Bangkok Post

from Bangkok Post on Sun, Sep 16 2007

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01 Dec 08 visit TAT help at Phuket Airport & Flight increase this year.wmv  »  YouTube videoAll parties concerned in Phuket join hands to assist tourists who get delayed at Phuket International Airport. A large number of foreign tourists yesterday joined in long queues at Phuket International Airport to check in for their flights. There are...
19 Sep 07 visit Airline begins compensation payments  »  Bangkok Post Phuket One-Two-Go, operator of the airliner which crashed in bad weather Sunday, has paid the first compensation to relatives of those who died in the air crash at Phuket International Airport.
17 Sep 07 visit Partial list of air crash victims released  »  Bangkok Post (BangkokPost.com) – The Public Health Ministry has made public an incomplete list of the dead and injured from Sunday afternoon’s plane crash at Phuket airport. Of the 43 injured, 15 are Thai while 28 are foreigners.
22 Sep 07 visit Authorities, AoT to discuss air safety  »  Bangkok Post (BangkokPost.com, Agencies) - Authorities will meet with Airports of Thailand on Thursday to set standards on air safety following the crash at Phuket airport on Sunday that left 89 people dead and 41 injured.
19 Sep 07 visit Help Desk Phuket Case opened  »  Bangkok Post Metropolitan Bangkok's Suvarnbhumi airport has opened a "Help Desk Phuket Case" counter to serve relatives of victims who died or were injured in Sunday's air crash at Phuket International Airport.
16 Sep 07 visit Scores die in Phuket plane crash  »  Bangkok Post (Bangkok Post) - A One-To-Go Airlines passenger jet with 128 people aboard crashed and broke in two while landing at Phuket Airport in foul weather late Sunday afternoon. Rescue workers said the death toll could be high.

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