Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 JUN 1987 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-ADP |
| C/n / msn: | 10357 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 37133 |
| Cycles: | 35592 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 532-7 Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 41 / Occupants: 41 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) SE of Hopong (Myanmar)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Heho Airport (HEH/VYHH), Myanmar |
| Mong Hsat Airport (MOG/VYMS), Myanmar |
The Fokker F-27 flew into a 8200 feet mountain, about 15 minutes after leaving Heho.
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 249
» Willem Wendt
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Map
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 Heho Airport to Mong Hsat Airport as the crow flies is 256 km (160 miles).
Distance from Heho Airport to Mong Hsat Airport as the crow flies is 256 km (160 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.
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