October 1987 Burma Airways Fokker F27 crash
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| Accident | |
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| Date | 11 October 1987 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F-27 Friendship |
| Operator | Burma Airways |
| Registration | XY-AEL |
| Flight origin | Rangoon Airport, Rangoon, Burma |
| Destination | Nyaung U Airport, Pagan, Burma |
| Occupants | 49 |
| Passengers | 45 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 49 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 11 October 1987, a Fokker F27 operated by Burma Airways crashed while en route to Pagan from Rangoon, Burma. The regularly scheduled domestic flight was carrying 49 passengers and crew. The aircraft struck a hillside south of Nyaung U Airport, killing everyone on board. It was the second fatal crash involving Burma Airways in four months.
The accident aircraft was a Fokker F27 Friendship powered by two Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7R turboprop engines. It was manufactured in 1985 with the serial number XY-AEL. Prior to the crash, it had 3,958 of flight hours across 3,799 flights.[1]
The routinely scheduled domestic flight from Rangoon to Pagan covered a distance of about 300 miles (480 km). On the day of the crash, the plane carried 4 crew and 45 passengers. Among the 36 foreign nationals on board 14 were Americans; 7 Swiss, 5 British, 4 Australians, 3 Germans, 2 French and 1 Thai. Thirteen occupants, including the crew, and a baby, were Burmese nationals.[2] Of the 12 American victims identified, least eight were residents of California; 2 each from New Orleans and Santa Fe.[3]