Hat Yai - Phuket
Flight / Schedule
Hat Yai - Phuket
Aircraft
Boeing 737-200Registration
HS-TBC
MSN
22267
Year of Manufacture
1980
Operator
Thai Airways InternationalDate
August 31, 1987 at 03:36 PM
Type
CRASHFlight Type
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Flight Phase
Landing (descent or approach)
Crash Site
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Crash Location
Phuket Phuket (<U+0E20><U+0E39><U+0E40><U+0E01><U+0E47><U+0E15>)
Region
Asia • Thailand
Crash Cause
Human factor
Narrative Report
On August 31, 1987 at 03:36 PM, Hat Yai - Phuket experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-200, operated by Thai Airways International, with the event recorded near Phuket Phuket (<U+0E20><U+0E39><U+0E40><U+0E01><U+0E47><U+0E15>).
The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.
83 people were known to be on board, 83 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.
Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 74, passenger fatalities: 74, other fatalities: 0.
The listed crash cause is human factor. Thai Airways Flight 365 was approaching Phuket VOR/DME on radial 119 after a flight from Hat Yai. At the same time Dragon Air Flight 203 (a Boeing 737 registered VR-HYL, carrying 62 occupants) also approached Phuket VOR/DME on radial 090. At 08:34 UTC Dragonair 203 reported at 2500 feet with Thai 365 in sight in front of them. The Thai Boeing was flying at 3000 feet at the time, and was 13 miles from Phuket VOR/DME. Dragonair 203, first priority in approach sequence, then turned right at 12 DME and was going to turn inbound for finals for runway 27. The Thai crew surmised that the other crew were making a false position report to gain landing priority and reported hurriedly that they were at 8 DME inbound and requested visual approach, though they hadn't reached 8 DME yet. This forced Phuket Approach to give Thai 365 landing priority at 08:35. The Dragonair crew (flying IFR) immediately warned that the Thai plane couldn't descend through their flight level. Concentrating on the conflicting traffic the speed decayed to 163 knots until the stick shaker activated. The Thai crew then applied power and raised the landing gear, but the aircraft entered a stall crashed into the sea, disintegrating on impact. All 83 occupants were killed.
Aircraft reference details include registration HS-TBC, MSN 22267, year of manufacture 1980.
Fatalities
Total
83
Crew
9
Passengers
74
Other
0
Crash Summary
Thai Airways Flight 365 was approaching Phuket VOR/DME on radial 119 after a flight from Hat Yai. At the same time Dragon Air Flight 203 (a Boeing 737 registered VR-HYL, carrying 62 occupants) also approached Phuket VOR/DME on radial 090. At 08:34 UTC Dragonair 203 reported at 2500 feet with Thai 365 in sight in front of them. The Thai Boeing was flying at 3000 feet at the time, and was 13 miles from Phuket VOR/DME. Dragonair 203, first priority in approach sequence, then turned right at 12 DME and was going to turn inbound for finals for runway 27. The Thai crew surmised that the other crew were making a false position report to gain landing priority and reported hurriedly that they were at 8 DME inbound and requested visual approach, though they hadn't reached 8 DME yet. This forced Phuket Approach to give Thai 365 landing priority at 08:35. The Dragonair crew (flying IFR) immediately warned that the Thai plane couldn't descend through their flight level. Concentrating on the conflicting traffic the speed decayed to 163 knots until the stick shaker activated. The Thai crew then applied power and raised the landing gear, but the aircraft entered a stall crashed into the sea, disintegrating on impact. All 83 occupants were killed.
Cause: Human factor
Occupants & Outcome
Crew On Board
9
Passengers On Board
74
Estimated Survivors
0
Fatality Rate
100.0%
Known people on board: 83
Operational Details
Schedule / Flight
Hat Yai - Phuket
Operator
Thai Airways InternationalFlight Type
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Flight Phase
Landing (descent or approach)
Crash Site
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Region / Country
Asia • Thailand
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