Last updated: 20 September 2020
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 11 October 1987 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 |
| Operator: | Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-AEL |
| C/n / msn: | 10689 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3958 |
| Cycles: | 3799 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7R |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 49 / Occupants: 49 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 25 km (15.6 mls) S of Pa-An ( Myanmar)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY), Myanmar |
| Nyaung-u Airport (NYU/VYBG), Myanmar |
The aircraft crashed into a 1500 feet high mountain.
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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 Yangon-Mingaladon Airport to Nyaung-u Airport as the crow flies is 489 km (305 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Yangon-Mingaladon Airport to Nyaung-u Airport as the crow flies is 489 km (305 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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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