Hello, Phuket Express Readers and Supporters!
The following is our weekly feature in which we highlight the top local stories in our area of Phuket from the past week. The number of stories differs from week to week.
These are chosen and curated by our editorial team and are designed for our readers to get a quick “catch-up” of important stories they may have missed. We publish many stories daily and it is easy to lose track of important events or changes in our area. We do national recaps in a separate article, this is only the top local stories in the Phuket province.
They are in no particular order of importance but roughly in order of publishing. These are from Monday, February 6th, 2023, to Sunday, February 12th, 2023.
Let’s get started and see what the top local stories were!
- Smoke and fire came out from the right side of a plane while it was taking off at Phuket International Airport over the past weekend.The AZURAIR Airlines was taking off on a flight to Moscow in Russia. The Air Traffic Controller saw some smoke coming out from the right side of the plane.
- A Chinese tourist has allegedly been injured after being slashed by a tour operator in Kata.
A tour staffer has been charged with bodily harm causing injury and carrying a knife in public.
3. The first Chinese tour group in three years arrived at the Phuket International Airport.
There are in total 180 passengers from a direct flight from Spring Airlines from Shanghai that arrived at the airport.
4. Twenty French motorbike racers have been arrested after causing a public nuisance.
Forty-four foreign drivers have been arrested in Patong for not having driving licenses.
Phuket transport operators are tightening security measures to prevent a recurrence.
That’s all for this week, as always thanks for your support!
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