Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 AUG 1972 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-20-DK |
| Operator: | Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-ACM |
| C/n / msn: | 15534/26979 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 27 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 31 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | S off Thandwe Airport (SNW) (Myanmar)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Thandwe Airport (SNW/VYTD), Myanmar |
| Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY), Myanmar |
The aircraft crashed into the sea just after taking off.
Sources:
» Reading Eagle - Aug 18, 1972
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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 Thandwe Airport to Yangon-Mingaladon Airport as the crow flies is 258 km (162 miles).
Distance from Thandwe Airport to Yangon-Mingaladon Airport as the crow flies is 258 km (162 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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