1992 July 31 - Thai Airways International Flight 311

Post by **planeanxiety** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:08 pm

Thai Airways International Flight 311 was a flight from Bangkok, Thailand's Don Mueang International Airport to Kathmandu, Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport. On Friday, 31 July 1992, an A310-304 on the route, registration HS-TID, crashed on approach to Kathmandu. At 07:00:26 UTC (12:45:26 NST; 14:00:26 ICT), the aircraft crashed into the side of a mountain 37 kilometres north of Kathmandu at an altitude of 11,500 feet (3,505 m) and a ground speed of 300 knots (560 km/h; 350 mph), killing all 99 passengers and 14 crew members. This was both the first hull loss and the first fatal accident involving the Airbus A310.

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