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25 December: Air Bagan Fokker 100 accident
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Source: Aviation Safety Network
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25/12/2012
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| Status: |
Preliminary |
| Date: |
25 DEC 2012 |
| Time: |
08:50 |
| Type: |
Fokker 100 |
| Operator: |
Air Bagan |
| Registration: |
XY-AGC |
| C/n / msn: |
11327 |
| First flight: |
1991-02-22 (21 years 10 months) |
| Engines: |
2 Rolls Royce 650-15 Tay |
| Crew: |
Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: |
Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 65 |
| Total: |
Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 71 |
| Ground casualties: |
Fatalities: 1 |
| Airplane damage: |
Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
ca 3 km from Heho Airport (HEH) (Myanmar) |
| Phase: |
Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: |
Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: |
Mandalay-Annisaton Airport (MDL) (MDL/VYMD), Myanmar |
| Destination airport: |
Heho Airport (HEH) (HEH/VYHH), Myanmar |
| Flightnumber: |
011 |
Narrative:
A Fokker 100 operated by Air Bagan was destroyed in an accident near Heho Airport (HEH), Myanmar. Flight W9-011 carried 65 passengers and six crew members.
Eight passengers were injured, one passenger, a tour guide, was also killed. A person who was travelling on a motor cycle on the ground was hit by the aircraft as it landed and was also killed.
The airplane apparently crash-landed in a paddy field near the airport in foggy weather conditions. A fire broke out, destroying the plane.
Heho Airport has a single asphalt runway (18/36) without ILS. There is only an NDB beacon at the field.
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» Leslie Thng, Chief Executive, SilkAir
