ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166859
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 June 2014 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29UB |
| Owner/operator: | Tatmadaw Lei (Myanmar Air Force) |
| Registration: | MAF#2714 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yaung Ma Nge village -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Magwe Air Force Base |
| Magwe Air Force Base | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
According to an eye witness, the plane was on fire in the air and crashed. Apparently both pilots ejected safely. According to AF person, the breakage of right vertical fin in flight.
The MiG-29 caught fire and burnt to pieces after it fell onto a farmland near Myothit township of Magway at 8:30 a.m. (local time). Two army officers escaped death with parachutes but were injured.
The MiG-29 fighter jet on fire due to technical failure and spinning out of control before the two pilots safely ejected surviving the crash. There were no casualties reported.
“The MiG-29 fighter from the Magwe Air Force Headquarters flown by Colonel Hlaing Myint and Major Kyaw Zin Thant has crashed during practice. The two pilots did not get serious injuries as they ejected their seat. But the jet was damaged,” an airforce official told.
Sources:
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/burmese-air-force-fighter-jet-crashes-eyewitness.html
https://www.shine.cn/archive/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=223772
http://www.defencebd.com/2014/06/mig-29-of-myanmar-air-force-crashes.html
http://www.defencebd.com/2014/06/crashed-mig-29-fighter-aircraft-of.html
Accident Photos:
http://www.myanmarexpress.net/2014/06/mig-29-ub.html .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2014 07:51 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Jun-2014 12:24 | LaMarca | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2014 07:19 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Phase, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2016 09:46 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2016 10:26 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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