Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JUN 1988 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
| Operator: | Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-ADQ |
| C/n / msn: | 10452 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 36359 |
| Cycles: | 34203 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 532-7 Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 14,5 km (9.1 mls) NW of Putao Airport (PBU) (Myanmar)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Myitkyina Airport (MYT/VYMK), Myanmar |
| Putao Airport (PBU/VYPT), Myanmar |
Collided with terrain in an attempt to locate clear weather.
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/88 (#14)
» 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 Myitkyina Airport to Putao Airport as the crow flies is 215 km (135 miles).
Distance from Myitkyina Airport to Putao Airport as the crow flies is 215 km (135 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.
