ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134A VN-A102 Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Friday 9 September 1988
Time:11:37
Type:Silhouette image of generic T134 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator:Hâng Không Viêtnam
Registration: VN-A102
MSN: 60925
First flight: 1978
Total airframe hrs:4068
Cycles:1537
Engines: 2 Soloviev D-30
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 73 / Occupants: 84
Total:Fatalities: 76 / Occupants: 90
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:6 km (3.8 mls) N of Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK) (   Thailand)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Hanoi-Noi Bai International Airport (HAN/VVNB), Vietnam
Destination airport:Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand
Flightnumber: 831
Narrative:
The aircraft encountered thunderstorms and had descended below minimum altitude while over the Outer Marker. The aircraft then struck the ground and disintegrated over a 500 m distance.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/92 (#14)


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Distance from Hanoi-Noi Bai International Airport to Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport as the crow flies is 976 km (610 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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