Thai Airways Flight 601

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Thai Airways Flight 601
Thai Airways International Sud Aviation Caravelle (OY-KRE) at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.jpg

An identical machine of the company
Accident summary
Accident type Landing accident due to neglect ( USOS )
place Hong Kong , People's Republic of China
date June 30, 1967
Fatalities 24
Survivors 56
Injured 5
Aircraft
Aircraft type Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III
operator Thai Airways International
Mark HS-TGI
Departure airport Taipei Songshan Airport
Destination airport Kai Tak Airport
Passengers 73
crew 7th
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Thai Airways flight 601 was an international scheduled flight of the Thai airline Thai Airways International from Taipei to Hong Kong , on which a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III crashed on June 30, 1967 in a severe tropical storm approaching Kai Tak Airport .

plane

The aircraft of the type Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III with the aircraft registration HS-TGI and the serial number 25 was built in 1960. By the time of the accident, the aircraft had completed 17,350 flight hours. It was equipped with two Rolls-Royce Avon Mk.527B turbojet engines. The plane was owned by the Swedish Scandinavian Airlines System , which had leased the plane to Thai Airways International.

course

The aircraft wanted to make an ILS approach on runway 31. At that time there was a strong storm in this region. This restricted the view. During the approach the pilot was busy recognizing the runway. He did not notice that the aircraft was below the minimum altitude of 415 feet. The copilot who was flying the plane made an abrupt change of course. The aircraft was already 80 feet below the minimum altitude. The aircraft may now have been hit by a downwind. This caused an increased rate of descent. The aircraft crashed into the sea about 900 meters before the threshold of runway 31. 24 of the 80 people on board could not leave the aircraft in time before sinking and drowned.

Probable cause of the accident

The accident investigation report names the following three causes of the accident:

  • The pilots did not follow the airline's prescribed procedure for a captain-monitored approach in poor visibility.
  • The flight captain did not adequately monitor the approach.
  • The first officer mishandled the aircraft after it fell below the minimum altitude. Falling gusts may have contributed to the loss of altitude resulting from this mishandling.

Remarks

  1. ↑ For USOS see also: skybrary.aero/Category:ADREP_Taxonomy

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