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Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 600 in Yangon: 26 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1989 at 0741 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
XY-AEK
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Yangon - Keng Tung
MSN:
10325
YOM:
1967
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
25
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
26
Aircraft flight hours:
36361
Aircraft flight cycles:
45648
Circumstances:
Just after takeoff from runway 03 at Yangon-Mingaladon Airport, the aircraft banked left then struck a tree located about 150 meters past the end of the runway. It descended and crashed in a nose-down attitude of 3°, bursting into flames. Three occupants were injured while 26 others were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to thick fog.
Probable cause:
The assumption that the loss of control during initial climb occurred after the pilot-in-command suffered a spatial disorientation was not ruled out.

Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 in Keng Tung: 25 killed

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1977
Operator:
Registration:
XY-AEH
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Mong Hsat - Keng Tung
MSN:
540
YOM:
1977
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
22
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
25
Circumstances:
On approach to Keng Tung Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck the slope of Mt Loi Hsam Hsao located few km from the airport. The wreckage was found three days later and all 25 occupants were killed.