| Date: | Friday 8 October 2004 |
| Time: | 09:15 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 |
| Owner/operator: | Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
| Registration: | S2-ACH |
| MSN: | 11172 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Spey 555-15I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 83 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sylhet-Osmani International Airport (ZYL) -
 Bangladesh
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dhaka-Zia International Airport (DAC/VGZR) |
| Sylhet Civil Airport (ZYL/VGSY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Biman flight 601 touched down far down Sylhet's 9000-feet runway 11/29. The airplane overran the wet runway by 150 feet and ended up in a 25 ft wide and 15 feet deep canal. The cockpit sustained serious damage. The crew members were rescued from the wreckage after several hours. Damage to the forward fuselage is serious.
Sources:
The Daily Star
Location
Images:
photo (c) Fokker, Frank Ellemers Collection; in flight; September 1981
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