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After touchdown, the twin engine airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, rolled for few dozen meters and came to rest, broken in two. All 28 occupants were slightly injured.

Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 200 in Mawlamyine: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1966

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F27 Friendship

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XY-ADL

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Yangon - Mawlamyine

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10236

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1963

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Aircraft flight hours:

4897

Aircraft flight cycles:

4732

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Following an uneventful flight from Yangon, the crew landed at Mawlamyine (Moulmein) Airport. After touchdown on a wet runway, the airplane encountered difficulties to stop within the remaining distance, overrant and came to rest. Six passengers were killed while 39 other occupants were injured.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-20-DK Dakota IV in Kawdut

Date & Time: May 28, 1946

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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KK188

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15441/26886

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1944

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Enroute, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft belly landed in a prairie and skidded for several yards before coming to a halt. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota IV in Duyinzeik: 26 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1945 at 0640 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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Registration:

KK118

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Military

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Hmwabi – Bangkok

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15126/26571

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1944

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The aircraft left Hmwabi Air base located north of Yangon at 0606LT bound for Bangkok. About 34 minutes later, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances near Duyinzeik, in a zone controlled by the Japanese forces. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 26 occupants were killed.

Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando near Kwanhlar

Date & Time: Aug 24, 1944 at 1200 LT

Type of aircraft:

Curtiss C-46 Commando

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42-3632

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Supply

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Plain, Valley

MSN:

26765

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1943

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Crashed following an engine failure 8 km southeast of the Ye-panga railroad located near Kwanhlar. The crew fate remains unknown.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Lockheed 8D Altair off Aye Island: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1935

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed 8 Sirius/Altair

Operator:

Charles Edward Kingsford Smith

Registration:

G-ADUS

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Private

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Lympne - Allahabad - Singapore - Sydney

MSN:

152

YOM:

1935

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Aye Island (Kokunye Kyun)

Mon State

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Myanmar

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Asia

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Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith and his copilot John Thompson 'Tommy' Pethybridge were flying the aircraft named 'Lady Southern Cross' overnight from Allahabad, India, to Singapore, as part of their attempt to break the England-Australia speed record held by C. W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black, when they disappeared over the Andaman Sea in the early hours of 8 November 1935. Despite brave search for 74 hours over the Bay of Bengal by test pilot Eric Stanley Greenwood OBE, their bodies were never recovered. Eighteen months later, Burmese fishermen found an undercarriage leg and wheel (with its tyre still inflated) which had been washed ashore at Aye Island in the Gulf of Martaban, some three km off the southeast coastline of Burma, some 137 km south of Mottama (formerly known as Martaban). Lockheed confirmed the undercarriage leg to be from the 'Lady Southern Cross'. Botanists who examined the weeds clinging to the undercarriage leg estimated that the aircraft itself lies not far from the island at a depth of approximately 27 metres. The undercarriage leg is now on public display at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia.

Probable cause:

Due to lack of evidences, the cause of the accident could not be determined.

Crash of a Potez 32/4 in Mawlamyine

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1929

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Potez 32

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F-AJHU

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Paris – Marseille – Algiers – Tunis – Tripoli – Benghazi – Cairo – Basra – Agra – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Saigon

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The crew was performing a mail flight from France to Saigon. While overflying over Mawlamyine, Burma, he encountered poor weather conditions. A forced landing being impossible in this hilly area, the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed while both occupants, Joseph Le Brix and Maurice Rossi, were uninjured.

Crash of a Morane-Saulnier M.S.233 in Mawlamyine

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1929

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Morane-Saulnier M.S.233

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F-AJHO

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While overflying Mawlamyine, the crew lost his orientation while flying in stormy weather. Because he was flying over mountainous terrain, the crew was unable to attempt an emergency landing and decided to bail out. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed. A pilot was injured and the second one was unhurt.

Crash of a Bernard 197GR near Moulmein

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1929

Type of aircraft:

Bernard 197

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F-AIYI

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Istres – Tunis – Cairo – Basra – Agra – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Saigon

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While cruising some 200 km southeast of Yangon, the crew encountered engine problems and attempted to make an emergency landing. The aircraft named 'France - Indochine' crashed in a swamp and came to rest. While both pilots were slightly injured, the mechanic was seriously injured.
Crew:
Joseph Le Brix, pilot,
Antoine Paillard, pilot,
Camille Jousse, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.