Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 APR 1980 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-373C |
| Operator: | Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
| Registration: | S2-ABQ |
| C/n / msn: | 19441/548 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 65 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Singapore-Paya Lebar Airport (QPG) (Singapore)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Singapore-Paya Lebar International Airport (SIN/WSAP), Singapore |
| Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport (DAC/VGTJ), Bangladesh |
The aircraft sank back on the runway with the gear retracted, after attaining a height of 100 feet. The Boeing slid for 2000 feet before coming to a halt off the right side of the runway. After lift-off, all 4 engines had lost power.
It was also deemed possible that the pilot had aborted the take-off too late after false engine indications.
The aircraft carried the name "City of Bayezed Bostami".
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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 Singapore-Paya Lebar International Airport to Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport as the crow flies is 2873 km (1796 miles).
Distance from Singapore-Paya Lebar International Airport to Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport as the crow flies is 2873 km (1796 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.
