Phu Toei National Park
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Phu Toei National Park is a 319 square kilometre national park located in Dan Chang, Suphan Buri, Thailand
. It has been a national park since September 30, 1987.
On 26 May 1991, Lauda Air Flight 004
crashed after one the Boeing 767
's thrust reverser deployed in mid-air.
The recorded monthly visitor statistic is 300, during the peak of the high season. The Daily Xpress of Singapore
states that the park "goes down as one of Thailand's least known and least visited national parks. So much so, that most Suphan Buri folk don't even realise that their province has a national park."
One feature of the park is Khao Thevada (Angel Mountain), a 1200 metres (3,937 ft) mountain that is the highest in the province. The mountain is on the borders of Kanchanburi and Uthai Thani
.
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. It has been a national park since September 30, 1987.
On 26 May 1991, Lauda Air Flight 004
Lauda Air Flight 004
Lauda Air Flight 004 was an international passenger flight that crashed due to a thrust reverser deployment of the number 1 engine in flight.-History of the flight:...
crashed after one the Boeing 767
Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was the manufacturer's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft features two turbofan engines, a supercritical wing, and a conventional tail...
's thrust reverser deployed in mid-air.
The recorded monthly visitor statistic is 300, during the peak of the high season. The Daily Xpress of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
states that the park "goes down as one of Thailand's least known and least visited national parks. So much so, that most Suphan Buri folk don't even realise that their province has a national park."
One feature of the park is Khao Thevada (Angel Mountain), a 1200 metres (3,937 ft) mountain that is the highest in the province. The mountain is on the borders of Kanchanburi and Uthai Thani
Uthai Thani
Uthai Thani is a town in Thailand, capital of the Uthai Thani province, in the Lower North of the country. It covers the whole tambon Uthai Mai of Mueang Uthai Thani district. The town is situated on the right bank of the Sakae Krang River, a few kilometers upstream from where it flows into the...
.
External links
- Pu Toei National Park - Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation