Moment Air India plane collapses on runway at major airport in Thailand

Phuket International Airport has been forced to temporarily close its runway after an Air India Express plane landed nose-first on the tarmac, sustaining damage in the process.The Boeing 737 MAX operating flight IX938, which had departed from Hyderabad, India, made a hard landing at the Thai airport on Wednesday, 11 March, damaging the aircraft's nose landing gear.All 133 passengers - including two infants - and seven crew members on board were left unharmed, and were safely evacuated from the plane, according to local reports.Airport officials said the aircraft touched down at 11.24am local time ahead of its scheduled arrival time of 11.40am.Preliminary inspections indicated the aircraft made a hard landing, which left the plane unable to immediately taxi off the runway.