Tupolev TU-134 crash, Sep 9, 1988 (76 killed), Bangkok-Do...
Tupolev TU-134 accident on September 9, 1988 near Bangkok-Don Mueang, Bangkok City District, Thailand with 76 fatalities. Cause: The crew continued...
- Date: September 9, 1988
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-134
- Location: Bangkok-Don Mueang, Bangkok City District, Thailand
- Fatalities: 76
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew continued past decision height in heavy rain without visual contact with the ground. Windshear was not ruled out.
Vietnam Airlines Flight 831, a Tupolev Tu-134 on a flight from Hanoi, came down in heavy rain in a rice field about 6 km short of Bangkok Don Mueang. Of the 90 people on board, 76 were killed and 14 survived.