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| Date: | Friday 10 July 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter 400 |
| Owner/operator: | MASWings |
| Registration: | 9M-SSE |
| MSN: | 894 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | near Miri -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lawas Airport (LWY/WBGW) |
| Miri Airport (MYY/WBGR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A video circulating on the internet shows a Twin Otter aircraft in flight with the passenger door open.
The incident supposedly occurred on a domestic MASWings flight between Lawas and Miri in Malaysia.
The aircraft landed safely at Miri.
Sources:
http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/07/16/exit-door-suddenly-opens-while-twin-otter-still-in-the-air/
http://www.mot.gov.my/en/aviation/accident-air
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 January 2020 | 9M-SSE | MASwings | 0 | Miri Airport (MYY/WBGR) | |
non |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2015 07:36 | harro | Added |
| 23-Oct-2019 14:11 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, ] |
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