HS-TID, the aircraft involved in the accident, in April 1992
Accident
Date
31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)
Summary
Loss of situation awareness leading to CFIT and pilot error
Site
Langtang National Park, Langtang, Nepal 28°03′09″N85°27′03″E / 28.05250°N 85.45083°E / 28.05250; 85.45083
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Airbus A310-304
Aircraft name
Buri Ram
Operator
Thai Airways International
IATA flight No.
TG311
ICAO flight No.
THA311
Call sign
THAI 311
Registration
HS-TID
Flight origin
Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
Destination
Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal
Occupants
113
Passengers
99
Crew
14
Fatalities
113
Survivors
0
Thai Airways International Flight 311 (TG311/THA311) was a flight from Bangkok, Thailand's Don Mueang International Airport to Kathmandu, Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport. On Friday, 31 July 1992, an Airbus 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 (23 mi) north of Kathmandu at an altitude of 11,500 ft (3,505 m) and a ground speed of 300 knots (560 km/h; 350 mph), killing all 113 passengers and crew members on board. This was both the first hull loss and the first fatal accident involving the Airbus A310.[1][2]
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