# NTSB DCA26WA156: Boeing 737, Phuket, Thailand, March 11, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 11, 2026
- Place: Phuket, Thailand
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 140 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA, AAIC (Thailand), Boeing, Honeywell
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202646
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA156
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202646/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA156

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-BWQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air India Express
- Registered owner: Air India Express
- Airport: Phuket International

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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