- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 27, 1998 |
Time: | 1145 |
Location: | Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar |
Operator: | Myanmar Airways |
Flight #: | 403 |
Route: | Thandwe - Sittwe |
AC Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
Registration: | XY-AES |
cn / ln: | 10576 |
Aboard: | 45 (passengers:41 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 16 (passengers:15 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed on takeoff after the No. 2 engine failed and caused the aircraft to swerve off the runway and crash into an embankment and burst into flames. |
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