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Thai Airways Flight 231 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed on 27 April 1980. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 operating the flight, registration HS-THB, stalled and crashed after entering a thunderstorm on approach to Bangkok. The accident killed 44 out of 53 passengers and crew on board.

Thai Airways Flight 231
The aircraft involved in the accident at Chiang Mai Airport in 1976.
Accident
Date27 April 1980
SummaryPilot error in thunderstorm
Site15 km north east of Bangkok, Thailand
Aircraft
Aircraft typeHawker Siddeley HS 748
OperatorThai Airways
RegistrationHS-THB
Flight originKhon Kaen Airport, Thailand
DestinationDon Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
Passengers49
Crew4
Fatalities44
Injuries9
Survivors9

Aircraft


The aircraft was a Hawker-Siddeley HS 748 with registration HS-THB, built in 1964. The plane had completed 12,791 flight hours at the time of the accident.[1]


Accident


The flight took off from Khon Kaen Airport for Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. After about 40 minutes, Flight 231 was on approach to the airport, planning to land on runway 21R. It entered an area of rain, which turned out to be a severe thunderstorm, at 1500 feet. About a minute after entering the storm, a downdraft struck the plane, which caused the nose to go up and the plane to stall.

The aircraft then went into a nose dive, which the pilot tried to pull the aircraft out of. The Hawker then banked slightly to the right, and was almost out of the dive when it crashed into the ground. The plane then slid for 510 feet and broke up at 06:55.[1] The accident killed 44 of the passengers and crew; the other 9 people aboard were injured.


Possible causes of the accident


The following causes may have led to the crash:[1]


References



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[de] Thai-Airways-Flug 231

Thai-Airways-Flug 231 war ein planmäßiger Inlandsflug der thailändischen Fluggesellschaft Thai Airways Company von Khon Kaen nach Bangkok, auf dem am 27. April 1980 eine Hawker-Siddeley HS 748 nahe dem Flughafen Bangkok-Don Mueang abstürzte.
- [en] Thai Airways Flight 231

[it] Volo Thai Airways 231

Il volo Thai Airways 231 era un volo passeggeri di linea schiantatosi il 27 aprile 1980. L'Hawker Siddeley HS 748 che operava il volo, codice di registrazione HS-THB, andò in stallo schiantandosi a terra dopo essere entrato in un temporale durante l'avvicinamento a Bangkok. L'incidente uccise 44 dei 53 passeggeri e membri dell'equipaggio a bordo.



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