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| | Surat Thani Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Surat Thani Airport (IATA: URT, ICAO: VTSB) is in Phunphin district, Surat Thani province, Thailand. |
 | | The airport, which is located 21 km west of Surat Thani, is also the Wing 7 Airforce base. |
 | | On December 11, 1998 a Thai Airways International A310-200 (HS-TIA), bound for Surat Thani from Bangkok, was making its third landing attempt during a heavy rain and crashed into a rice paddy about 2 miles from the airport; 102 of 143 passengers and crew aboard were killed. |
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