Date: | Monday 24 August 1998 |
Time: | 08:35 |
Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
Owner/operator: | Myanma Airways |
Registration: | XY-AEN |
MSN: | 10476 |
Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 36 / Occupants: 36 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km from Tachilek Airport (THL) -
Myanmar
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY) |
Destination airport: | Tachilek Airport (THL/VYTL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The Fokker departed Rangoon for a 2-hour flight to Tachilek. Last radio contact was when the pilot reported overhead Tachilek and descending from 9500 feet. The plane was found to have struck a 500 feet hill, 2 miles from the airport.
Sources:
BurmaNet
CNN
ICAO Adrep Summary 5/98 (#106)
Reuters
AP
Tommy Maurer
Statistics
- 14th worst accident in 1998
- 25th worst accident of this aircraft type
- 24th worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
Location
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