Date: | Thursday 24 January 1980 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fairchild FH-227B |
Owner/operator: | Tatmadaw Lei (Burmese Air Force) |
Registration: | 5002 |
MSN: | 545 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 43 / Occupants: 44 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Mandalay Airport (MDL) -
Myanmar
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Mandalay-Chanmyathazi Airport (VYCZ) |
Destination airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY) |
Narrative:A Fairchild FH-227B turboprop plane, operated by the Burmese Air Force, was destroyed when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Mandalay-Annisaton Airport (MDL), Burma. One passenger survived the accident, 43 people died. Officials in Burma told reporters that an engine had failed shortly after takeoff. The airplane struck the roof of a tobacco factory and crashed. A watchman of the factory was injured.
Sources:
Flight International 03 January 1981 (27)
Spider nr.20 (okt. 1996), p.7
The Palm Beach Post - Jan 26, 1980
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Atlanta Airport, GA (ATL); November 1975
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