The Thai Airways welcoming ceremony for its news Airbus A350-WX aircraft took place only about three weeks ago. SOMCHAI POOMLARDThe pilot of the brand new Thai Airways International wide-body Airbus had a near-miss landing in bad weather at Phuket airport Wednesday evening, Thai-language newspapers reported. New Airbus has near-miss landing at PhuketOnline reportersThe pilot of the brand new Thai Airways International wide-body Airbus had a near-miss landing at Phuket airport Wednesday evening, Thai-language newspapers reported. The report said that while landing in bad weather at Phuket on a flight from Bangkok, a last-second wind shear forced the Airbus A350-WX aircraft off the runway briefly. The Airbus A350-WX is a new plane, still undergoing familiarity flights inside Thailand, on the Bangkok-Phuket and Bangkok-Chiang Mai legs.

Source: Bangkok Post September 22, 2016 02:48 UTC