Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 AUG 1956 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-1-DK |
| Operator: | Union of Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-ADC |
| C/n / msn: | 14348/25793 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 22 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Thazi (Myanmar) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY), Myanmar |
| Mandalay-Annisaton Airport (MDL/VYMD), Myanmar |
Crashed.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Yangon-Mingaladon Airport to Mandalay-Annisaton Airport as the crow flies is 530 km (331 miles).
Distance from Yangon-Mingaladon Airport to Mandalay-Annisaton Airport as the crow flies is 530 km (331 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
