ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326373
| Date: | Friday 3 February 1989 |
| Time: | 07:41 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
| Owner/operator: | Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-AEK |
| MSN: | 10325 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 36361 hours |
| Cycles: | 45648 flights |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 29 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN) -
 Myanmar
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY) |
| Keng Tung Airport (KET/VYKG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft entered a bank of fog after takeoff from runway 03. The F-27 veered left and collided with a tree 500 feet left of the end of the runway. The aircraft impacted the ground in a 3 degree angle and caught fire.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/89 (#19)
Willem Wendt
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); May 1983
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