ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327383
| Date: | Sunday 5 August 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
| Owner/operator: | Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
| Registration: | S2-ABJ |
| MSN: | 10453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15595 hours |
| Cycles: | 24085 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 49 / Occupants: 49 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,5 km NW of Dhaka-Zia International Airport (DAC) -
 Bangladesh
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chittagong-Patenga Airport (CGP/VGEG) |
| Dhaka-Zia International Airport (DAC/VGZR) |
The F-27 crew first tried to make a VOR approach to runway 32. Since they didn't see the runway, a missed approach was executed. The crew then tried to make an ILS approach for runway 14. Again a missed approach was executed. On the second attempt for runway 14, the aircraft crashed into the water, 550 m short of the runway threshold.
Sources:
Willem Wendt
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM); October 1975
photo (c) RuthAS; Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC); 08 September 1974
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