ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333084
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| Date: | Monday 10 June 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-40-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Union of Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-ACS |
| MSN: | 9877 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tengchong County-Level City, Baoshan, Yunnan Province -
 China
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY) |
| Putao Airport (PBU/VYPT) |
The aircraft, on a domestic flight in Myanmar, got lost due to poor weather.
It presumably crashed after running out of fuel. The wreckage was discovered on July 1, 1963 in the Gaoligong Mountains to the east of Tengchong.
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