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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. [1] [2] On the flight were 36 passengers, 5 children and 4 crew. [3]
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.
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]
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]
5 August 1984 - A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crashed into a marsh near Zia International Airport (now Shahjalal International Airport) in Dhaka, Bangladesh while landing in poor weather. [8] With a total death toll of 49 people, it is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur on Bangladeshi soil and also the airline's worst accident. [9]
Myanma Airways Flight 635 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Yangon to Tachileik in eastern Myanmar that was operated by a Fokker F-27 Friendship (registration XY-AEN) owned by Myanmar's flag carrier Myanma Airways. On 24 August 1998, during its descent to Tachileik the flight went missing over a hill approximately two miles (3.2 km ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Fokker F27" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The aircraft, a Fokker F27-600 registered S2-ABJ, was manufactured in 1971. [1] It first flew for Indian Airlines but it was given to Biman in 1972, as a part of all the support given to Bangladesh by the Government of India following Bangladesh's Independence. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown more than 24,000 cycles and more ...