Vietnam Airlines Flight 831

1988 aviation accident

Vietnam Airlines Flight 831
Accident
VN-A120, a Tupolev Tu-134 similar to the aircraft involved. This specific aircraft was involved in the Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 accident in 1997.
Date	9 September 1988
Summary	CFIT for reasons unknown, probably due to a lightning strike
Site	Near Semafahkarm Village, Tambon Khu Khot, Amphoe Lam Luk Ka, Pathum Thani, Thailand 13°57′49″N 100°38′36″E / 13.96361°N 100.64333°E / 13.96361; 100.64333
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-134
Operator	Vietnam Airlines
Registration	VN-A102
Flight origin	Hanoi International Airport
Destination	Don Mueang International Airport
Occupants	90
Passengers	84
Crew	6
Fatalities	76
Injuries	14
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 on 9 September 1988. The cause of the accident is undetermined; however, the pilots reported the aircraft may have been struck by lightning. Three crew and 73 passengers died in the accident. This accident was the second deadliest accident at the time in Thailand, and is currently the fifth deadliest.

Accident

While flying above the outer marker, the aircraft descended below the minimum safe altitude and crashed into the ground. The aircraft exploded on impact with debris spread over 500 metres (1,600 ft).

Notable passengers

Among the dead was Vietnamese Minister of Public Health Đặng Hồi Xuân [vi].

References

"Lightning may be cause of crash". Lodi News-Sentinel. 1988-09-10. Retrieved 2019-01-06 – via Google News.
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134A VN-A102 Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
Indochina Chronology. Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California. 1988. p. 7.

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Thailand
1960s	United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (July 1962)
1970s	EgyptAir Flight 864 (December 1976)
1980s	Thai Airways Flight 231 (April 1980) Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 (March 1981) Thai Airways Flight 365 (August 1987) Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 (September 1988)
1990s	Bangkok Airways Flight 125 (November 1990) Lauda Air Flight 004 (May 1991) Thai Airways International Flight 261 (December 1998) Qantas Flight 1 (September 1999)
2000s	One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 (September 2007) Bangkok Airways Flight 266 (August 2009)
2020s	Singapore Airlines Flight 321 (May 2024) Thai Flying Service Flight 209 (August 2024)

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988 (1988)
Jan 2 Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782Jan 18 Aeroflot Flight 699Jan 18 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146Jan 19 Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286Jan 24 Aeroflot Flight 29674Feb 3 American Airlines Flight 132Feb 8 Nürnberger Flugdienst Flight 108Feb 19 AVAir Flight 3378Feb 27 Talia Airways Boeing 727 crashMar 1 Comair Flight 206Mar 4 TAT Flight 230Mar 8 Aeroflot Flight 3739Mar 17 Avianca Flight 410Apr 5 Kuwait Airways Flight 422Apr 28 Aloha Airlines Flight 243May 6 Widerøe Flight 710May 24 TACA Flight 110Jun 12 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046Jun 23 British Army Lynx shootdownJun 26 Air France Flight 296QJul 3 Iran Air Flight 655Jul 13 BIH Sikorsky S-61N crashAug 17 Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-HaqAug 28 Ramstein air show disasterAug 31 CAAC Flight 301Aug 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 1141Sep 9 Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Sep 15 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604Oct 17 Uganda Airlines Flight 775Oct 19 Indian Airlines Flight 113Nov 2 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703Dec 8 Remscheid A-10 crashDec 11 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crashDec 21 Pan Am Flight 103
1987 ◄ ► 1989

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988 (1988)

Jan 2 Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782Jan 18 Aeroflot Flight 699Jan 18 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146Jan 19 Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286Jan 24 Aeroflot Flight 29674Feb 3 American Airlines Flight 132Feb 8 Nürnberger Flugdienst Flight 108Feb 19 AVAir Flight 3378Feb 27 Talia Airways Boeing 727 crashMar 1 Comair Flight 206Mar 4 TAT Flight 230Mar 8 Aeroflot Flight 3739Mar 17 Avianca Flight 410Apr 5 Kuwait Airways Flight 422Apr 28 Aloha Airlines Flight 243May 6 Widerøe Flight 710May 24 TACA Flight 110Jun 12 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046Jun 23 British Army Lynx shootdownJun 26 Air France Flight 296QJul 3 Iran Air Flight 655Jul 13 BIH Sikorsky S-61N crashAug 17 Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-HaqAug 28 Ramstein air show disasterAug 31 CAAC Flight 301Aug 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 1141Sep 9 Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Sep 15 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604Oct 17 Uganda Airlines Flight 775Oct 19 Indian Airlines Flight 113Nov 2 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703Dec 8 Remscheid A-10 crashDec 11 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crashDec 21 Pan Am Flight 103

1987 ◄ ► 1989

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