Vietnam Airlines Flight 831
 VN-A120, a Tupolev Tu-134 similar to the aircraft involved. This aircraft was involved in the Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 accident in 1997. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 9, 1988 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain, reported lightning strike of aircraft |
| Site | Near Semafahkarm Village, Tambon Khu Khot, Amphoe Lam Luk Ka, Pathum Thani, Thailand |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-134 |
| Operator | Vietnam Airlines |
| Registration | VN-A102 |
| Flight origin | Hanoi International Airport |
| Destination | Don Mueang International Airport |
| Passengers | 84 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 76 |
| Survivors | 14 |
Vietnam Airlines Flight 831, a Tupolev Tu-134 crashed in a rice field near Semafahkarm Village, Tambon Khu Khot, Amphoe Lam Luk Ka, Pathum Thani, Thailand while operating a flight from Hanoi to Bangkok. The cause of the accident is undetermined, however the pilots reported the aircraft may have been struck by lightning.[1] Three crew and 73 passengers died in the accident. This accident was the second worst accident at the time in Thailand, and is currently the fifth worst.[2]
Passengers
Among the dead are SRV Minister of Public Health and Mrs. vi:Đặng Hồi Xuân and their daughter Hoa; Indian ambassador and Mrs. Arun B. Patwardhan and their 17-year-old son; David McAree, a Britisher formerly with Amnesty International and his wife, daughter of famed Vietnamese exiled writer vi:Duyên Anh; Kiyokta Ida, second secretary of the Japanese embassy in Hanoi. Also aboard were Poles, French, Finns, Swedes, Burmese, Indians and Japanese (no Americans).[3]
References
- ^ Lightning may be cause of crash
- ^ ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A VN-A102
- ^ Indochina Chronology, Volume 7, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1988, p. 7