| Date: | Wednesday 7 June 2017 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  Shaanxi Y-8F-200W |
| Owner/operator: | Tatmadaw Lei (Myanmar Air Force) |
| Registration: | 5820 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 809 hours |
| Engine model: | Zhuzhou WJ6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 122 / Occupants: 122 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Dawei -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Myeik Airport (MGZ/VYME) |
| Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY) |
A Shaanxi Y-8-200F transport plane operated by the Myanmar Air Force impacted the sea during a flight from Myeik to Yangon in Myanmar. The aircraft carried military personnel and family members and had departed Yangon on a flight to Dawei, Myeik and Bokpyin and back to Yangon via Myeik. On its return, the aircraft arrived in Myeik at 11:55, and departed for Yangon at 13:06 local time. The aircraft climbed to FL180 and proceeded along the coast. It passed two areas with cumulonimbus clouds and the flight crew activated the wing anti-icing. At 13:31 hours an alarm was triggered, indicating engine air inlet icing. At the same time, while flying in the vicinity of another area with cumulonimbus clouds, cross wind increased from 8 knots to 42 knots.
In these conditions the aircraft stalled and entered a spin. The flight crew failed to recover from the spin and the aircraft impacted the sea.
Sources:
https://twitter.com/MayWongCNA
Myanmar Chief of Defense (Facebook)
Transport plane crashed due to adverse weather: investigators (Global New Light of Myanmar, 19-7-2017)
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