Thai Airways Flight 365 was a Thai Airways Company Boeing 737-2P5 with registration number HS-TBC. Flight 365 was on a scheduled flight from Hat Yai International Airport to Phuket International Airport (both in Thailand) on 31 August 1987. On this flight there were a total of 83 people: 74 passengers and 9 crew.
The Boeing 737 was delivered to Thai Airways in 1980 and had no previous adverse incident history.
The meteorological conditions were good as Flight 365 approached Phuket International Airport. As they prepared to land, the flight crew of Flight 365 expressed concern about a Dragonair Boeing 737 that was also landing at the airport but behind and below their aircraft. A lapse in concentration by the flight crew occurred allowing the speed of Flight 365 to fall below the minimum limit. The aircraft stalled and plunged into the water before the flight crew was able to make a recovery. Everyone on board the aircraft was killed.
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