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Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.

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Vietnam Airlines Flight 831

1988 aviation accident

Vietnam Airlines Flight 831, a Tupolev Tu-134, crashed in a rice field 6 kilometres N of Bangkok International Airport, while operating a flight from Hanoi, Vietnam to Bangkok, Thailand, on 9 September 1988. The cause of the accident is undetermined; however, the pilots reported…
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Khu Khot

Sub-district of Greater Bangkok

Khu Khot is a tambon (sub-district) in Lam Luk Ka district of Pathum Thani province, Greater Bangkok.
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Don Mueang International Airport

Secondary commercial airport serving Bangkok, Thailand

Don Mueang International Airport — known as Bangkok International Airport before 2006 — is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, the other being Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK).
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September 9

Day of the year

September 9 is the 252nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 113 days remain until the end of the year.
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