| Date: | Tuesday 27 January 1998 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
| Owner/operator: | Myanma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-AES |
| MSN: | 10576 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 45 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thandwe Airport (SNW) -
 Myanmar
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Thandwe Airport (SNW/VYTD) |
| Kyaukpyu Airport (KYP/VYKP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft reportedly suffered a no. 2 engine failure on takeoff. The F-27 swerved to the right off the runway, collided with an embankment and caught fire.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/98 (#38)
Scramble 225
Location
Images:
photo (c) Reinhard Schmidt, via Werner Fischdick; München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM); October 1994
photo (c) Tommy Lakmaker, via Werner Fischdick; Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN); August 1991
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