- 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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