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On 21 June 1987, a Fokker F-27 200 operated by Burma Airways crashed near Hopong, Burma.The flight was carrying 45 occupants from Heho Airport to Monghsat Airport.The aircraft struck an 8,500 ft (2,600 m) mountain about 15 minutes after takeoff, killing everyone on board.
There was hope the Fokker had made an emergency landing at Chilas, [7] but the wreck was found the next day on Saturday 9 December. [6] The aircraft had struck a snow-covered 9000 feet high mountain at the foot of the Himalayas near the village of Maidan around 8 miles south of Jalkot. [8] [6] All people on board were killed. [1] [6]
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404 (Urdu: پی آئی اے پرواز 404) was a Fokker F27 Friendship that disappeared shortly after takeoff on 25 August 1989. The aircraft presumably crashed somewhere in the Himalayas, Pakistan. All 54 people on board were lost and presumed dead. [1]
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 routes were later replaced with Boeing. All PIA Fokker aircraft were later withdrawn from service and replaced with ATR aircraft. Starting in November 2006, the Fokker F27 fleet would be replaced with seven ATR-42. [27] In response to the grounding of the Fokker F27 fleet, fares of the routes were reportedly raised by PIA. [28]
A navy survey ship, HMAS Warrego, was sent to search for the sunken wreckage, and arrived on Sunday, 12 June 1960. At 4:20 pm that afternoon, Warrego discovered the major sections of VH-TFB in 40 feet (12 m) of water, a further 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south-west of Round Top Island (or about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south-east of Mackay ...
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Laoag International Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled flight operated by Laoag International Airlines from Manila to Basco, Philippines via Laoag. [1] On November 11, 2002, the Fokker F-27 Friendship crashed into Manila Bay shortly after takeoff from Ninoy Aquino International Airport. [2]