Date: | Tuesday 27 January 1998 |
Time: | 11:45 |
Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
Owner/operator: | Myanma Airways |
Registration: | XY-AES |
MSN: | 10576 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 45 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Thandwe Airport (SNW) -
Myanmar
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Thandwe Airport (SNW/VYTD) |
Destination airport: | Kyaukpyu Airport (KYP/VYKP) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The aircraft reportedly suffered a no. 2 engine failure on takeoff. The F-27 swerved to the right off the runway, collided with an embankment and caught fire.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/98 (#38)
Scramble 225
Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1998/19980127_F27_XY-AES_16343.jpg)
photo (c) Reinhard Schmidt, via Werner Fischdick; München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM); October 1994
![](/photos/wiki/1998/19980127_F27_XY-AES_16344.jpg)
photo (c) Tommy Lakmaker, via Werner Fischdick; Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN); August 1991
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