India Express B38M at Phuket on Mar 11th 2026, hard landing, nose wheels separated

Last Update: March 11, 2026 / 09:12:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 11, 2026

Classification
Accident

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-938

Departure
Hyderabad, India

Destination
Phuket, Thailand

Aircraft Registration
VT-BWQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

Airport
Phuket International Airport, Phuket

Airport ICAO Code
VTSP

An Air India Express Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration VT-BWQ performing flight IX-938 from Hyderabad (India) to Phuket (Thailand) with 133 people on board, landed on Phuket's runway 09 at 11:24L (04:24Z) but suffered a hard touch down also causing damage to the nose gear strut, both nose wheels separated. The aircraft skidded to a stop on the runway and was disabled. There are no reports of injuries.

Related NOTAMs:
A0924/26 NOTAMN
Q) VTBB/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/0807N09819E005
A) VTSP B) 2603110508 C) 2603111100
E) RWY 09/27 CLSD DUE TO DISABLE ACFT

Metars:
VTSP 110600Z 09008KT 030V150 9999 FEW020 33/23 Q1011 NOSIG=
VTSP 110530Z 09007KT 040V140 9999 FEW020 32/22 Q1012 NOSIG=
VTSP 110500Z 08007KT 020V130 9999 FEW020 32/23 Q1012 NOSIG=
VTSP 110430Z 07008KT 010V130 9999 FEW020 32/23 Q1013 NOSIG=
VTSP 110400Z 09010KT 030V110 9999 FEW020 31/23 Q1013 NOSIG=
VTSP 110330Z 09010KT 050V120 9999 FEW020 30/23 Q1013 NOSIG=
VTSP 110300Z 08009KT 050V110 9999 FEW020 30/23 Q1013 NOSIG=
VTSP 110230Z 07007KT 010V110 9999 FEW020 29/23 Q1013 NOSIG=
VTSP 110200Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW020 28/24 Q1013 NOSIG=
VTSP 110130Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW020 28/24 Q1012 NOSIG=
VTSP 110100Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW020 27/25 Q1012 NOSIG=
VTSP 110030Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW020 26/24 Q1012 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 11, 2026

Classification
Accident

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-938

Departure
Hyderabad, India

Destination
Phuket, Thailand

Aircraft Registration
VT-BWQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

Airport
Phuket International Airport, Phuket

Airport ICAO Code
VTSP

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