Date: | Friday 2 July 1999 |
Time: | 14:27 |
Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
Owner/operator: | Myanma Airways |
Registration: | XY-AEO |
MSN: | 10594 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 14 km E of Sittwe-Civil Airport (AKY) -
Myanmar
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY) |
Destination airport: | Sittwe-Civil Airport (AKY/VYSW) |
Narrative:The Fokker F-27 plane was on operating on a cargo flight, carrying construction materials, from Yangon to Sittwe, and took off at the Yangon Airport at about 13:00 local time.
The aircraft crashed into a cloud-covered ridge at 270 m/880 feet while approaching Sittwe runway 29.
Sources:
World Airline Accident Summary- Airclaims
Xinhua News Agency
Statistics
- 41st worst accident in 1999
- 75th worst accident of this aircraft type
- 69th worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1999/19990702_F27_XY-AEO_16594.jpg)
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS); July 1982
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