Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 SEP 1977 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-AEH |
| C/n / msn: | 540 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mt. Loi Hsam Hsao (Myanmar) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Keng Tung Airport (KET/VYKG), Myanmar |
The aircraft failed to arrive at its destination. The wreckage was found three days later. The aircraft had struck a mountain.
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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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