Vietnam Airlines Flight 831

{{Infobox aircraft occurrence|name = Vietnam Airlines Flight 831| occurrence_type = Accident|image = Vietnam Airlines Tu-134 VN-A120 BKK 1992-4-14.png|image_size =|alt =| caption = VN-A120, a Tupolev Tu-134 similar to the aircraft involved. This aircraft was involved in the crash of [[Vietnam Airlines Flight 815] in 1997.|date = September 9, 1988| type = Controlled flight into terrain, reported lightning strike of aircraft|site = Near Semafahkarm Village, Tambon Khu Khot, Amphoe Lam Luk Ka, Pathum Thani, Thailand|coordinates =|aircraft_type = Tupolev Tu-134| aircraft_name =|operator =Vietnam Airlines| tail_number = VN-A102| origin = Hanoi International Airport| stopover = |stopover0 =|stopover1 =|stopover2 =|stopover3 =| last_stopover =|destination = Don Mueang International Airport|occupants = 90| passengers = 84|crew = 6| injuries = | fatalities = 76| missing = | survivors = 14}}

Vietnam Airlines Flight 831, a Tupolev Tu-134, crashed in a rice field near Semafahkarm Village, Tambon Khu Khot, Amphoe Lam Luk Ka, Pathum Thani, Thailand while operating a flight from Hanoi to Bangkok in 1988. The cause of the accident is undetermined, however the pilots reported the aircraft may have been struck by lightning. Three crew and 73 passengers died in the accident. This accident was the second deadliest accident at the time in Thailand, and is currently the fifth deadliest.

Accident

While still flying above the outer marker, the aircraft descended below the minimum safe altitude and crashed into the ground. The aircraft exploded on impact with debris spread over 500 metres (1,600 ft).

Notable Passenger

Among the dead was Vietnamese Minister of Public Health Đặng Hồi Xuân.