A report on Thai Airways International Flight 261, Surat Thani International Airport and Airbus A310

HS-TIA, the aircraft involved, photographed at Don Mueang International Airport in June 1997
An A310, landing gear and flaps extended, from Air Transat, formerly one of its largest operators
Surat Thani International Airport in May 2022
An A310, landing gear and flaps extended, from Air Transat, formerly one of its largest operators
Surat Thani Airport in 2008
The A310 (background) is a shrunken version of the Airbus A300 (foreground)
The A310-200 prototype, featuring the liveries of Swissair (left) and Lufthansa (right), the first customers.
Maiden flight of the Airbus A310, 3 April 1982
In 1988, an A310 was delivered to Interflug: the first Airbus for an Eastern-bloc airline.
The A310 has front and rear main doors, and a smaller emergency exit wing door over the wing.
2-4-2 economy cabin
Two-crew cockpit
FedEx Express A310-200F without wingtip fences
Air Transat A310-300 with wingtip fences
Airbus A310 MRTT of the German Air Force
Mahan Air A310
Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris
The first Airbus delivered in China was this A310, to China Eastern Airlines in 1985, retired in 2006 and displayed at the Beijing Civil Aviation Museum.

Thai Airways International Flight 261 (TG261/THA261) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport to Surat Thani International Airport in Surat Thani, Thailand.

- Thai Airways International Flight 261

On 11 December 1998, the aircraft, an Airbus A310-204 registered in Thailand as HS-TIA, stalled and crashed onto a swamp during its landing attempt at Surat Thani Airport.

- Thai Airways International Flight 261

On 11 December 1998, Thai Airways Flight 261, an A310-200 (HS-TIA), bound for Surat Thani from Bangkok, was making its third landing attempt in heavy rain when it crashed into a rice paddy about 3 km from the airport; 101 of the 146 passengers and crew aboard were killed.

- Surat Thani International Airport

11 December 1998: Thai Airways International Flight 261 crashed near Surat Thani Airport in Thailand. There were 101 fatalities and 45 survived with serious injuries.

- Airbus A310
HS-TIA, the aircraft involved, photographed at Don Mueang International Airport in June 1997

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