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On 25 March 1978, Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 XY-ADK lost altitude and crashed into a paddy field just after take-off from Mingaladon Airport, killing all 48 people on board. [24] On 14 September 1978, a Philippine Air Force F27 crashed due to wind shear; 15 of the 24 people on board were killed, as well as 17 people on the ground. [25]
The aircraft was TAA's first Fokker Friendship F-27 aircraft; TAA was the first airline outside of Europe to order the type. TAA's director of engineering, John L. Watkins OBE, accepted the aircraft, registered VH-TFB, at the Fokker works near Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, on 6 April 1959.
A Myanma Airways F-27-600 at Yangon International Airport in 2005. ... Turkey THY Fokker F27 Friendship landing at Athens (Hellenikon) Airport in 1973.
The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 are versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined, turboprop, passenger aircraft formerly manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States. The Fairchild F-27 was similar to the standard Fokker F27, while the FH-227 was an independently developed, stretched version.
The Fokker Friendship F27-500 was eight years old at the time of the crash. Until 1977 the aircraft had been operated by the New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) as the result of merger. The aircraft had accumulated 18,718 flight hours through 25,704 flight cycles. [ 3 ]
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.
The aircraft was a Fokker F27 Friendship manufactured in 1960 and had nearly 16,000 flight hours in over 10,000 flight cycles at the time of the crash. Its airworthiness certificate was valid until April 1967.
The aircraft was a Fokker F27 Friendship manufactured in November 1965 (c/n 10285) and was registered as PH-FIC before being delivered to Philippine Air Lines two weeks later and re-registered as PI-C527. [4] [5] It had 4,228 flight hours over 3,684 flight cycles at the time of the crash.