A plane carrying foreign tourists to one of Thailand's most popular resort islands crashed while landing in torrential rains today, killing at least 87 people and injuring 43, officials said.

A passenger plane filled with foreign tourists crashed today in heavy rain on Thailand’s tourist island of Phuket, leaving at least 60 dead, officials said.

A passenger plane crashed while attempting to land at southern Thailand’s Phuket airport this afternoon, possibly leaving some people dead and about 20 hurt, an official said.

Investigators are looking into why two passenger planes clipped wings on the tarmac at Bangkok’s international airport, cracking a wing on one of the planes, Thai authorities said today.