Thai Airways Flight 365
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Thai Airways Flight 365 was a Thai Airways Company Boeing 737
-2P5 with registration number HS-TBC. Flight 365 was on a scheduled flight from Hat Yai International Airport
to Phuket International Airport
(both in Thailand
) on 31 August 1987. On this flight there were a total of 83 people: 74 passengers and 9 crew.
The Boeing 737 was delivered to Thai Airways in 1980 and had no previous adverse incident history.
The flight was uneventful until the approach phase of the flight where the plane crashed into the sea. There were no survivors.
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...
-2P5 with registration number HS-TBC. Flight 365 was on a scheduled flight from Hat Yai International Airport
Hat Yai International Airport
Hat Yai International Airport is the major southern hub airport in Thailand, located near the city of Hat Yai. It is under the management of Airports of Thailand, PCL. It is also an important airport for Muslims on the pilgrimage to Mecca. Annually, more than 800,000 passengers, 9,500 flights...
to Phuket International Airport
Phuket International Airport
Phuket International Airport is an airport serving the Phuket Province of Thailand. It is located in the north of Phuket Island, 32 kilometres from the centre of Phuket City. The airport plays a major role in Thailand's tourism industry, as Phuket Island is a popular resort destination...
(both in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
) on 31 August 1987. On this flight there were a total of 83 people: 74 passengers and 9 crew.
The Boeing 737 was delivered to Thai Airways in 1980 and had no previous adverse incident history.
The flight was uneventful until the approach phase of the flight where the plane crashed into the sea. There were no survivors.