What the records say
- When
- 11 Dec 1998
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 9.13° N, 99.14° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 101
- Injured
- 45
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Thai Airways International Flight 261
1998 aviation accident in Thailand
Thai Airways International Flight 261 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport to Surat Thani International Airport in Surat Thani, Thailand. The flight was operated by Thai Airways International, the flag carrier of Thailand.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “катастрофа A310 под Сураттхани”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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