Date:	Friday 2 July 1999
Time:	14:27
Type:	Fokker F-27 Friendship 600
Owner/operator:	Myanma Airways
Registration:	XY-AEO
MSN:	10594
Year of manufacture:	1979
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	ca 14 km E of Sittwe-Civil Airport (AKY) -   Myanmar
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY)
Destination airport:	Sittwe-Civil Airport (AKY/VYSW)

Narrative:
The Fokker F-27 plane was on operating on a cargo flight, carrying construction materials, from Yangon to Sittwe, and took off at the Yangon Airport at about 13:00 local time.
The aircraft crashed into a cloud-covered ridge at 270 m/880 feet while approaching Sittwe runway 29.

World Airline Accident Summary- Airclaims
Xinhua News Agency

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS); July 1982

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