Air Bagan Flight 11
|
Air Bagan Fokker 100 registration XY-AGC, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 December 2012 |
| Summary | Flew Through Thick fog before Striking power lines on approach and crash landing |
| Site |
Heho, Myanmar 20°43′30″N 096°47′31″E / 20.72500°N 96.79194°E |
| Passengers | 65 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 2 (1 on ground) |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 10 (1 on ground) |
| Survivors | 70 |
| Aircraft type | Fokker 100 |
| Operator | Air Bagan |
| Registration | XY-AGC |
| Flight origin | Yangon International Airport, Yangon, Myanmar |
| Stopover | Mandalay International Airport, Mandalay, Myanmar |
| Destination | Heho Airport, Heho, Myanmar |
Air Bagan Flight 11 was a scheduled domestic flight in Myanmar, operated by Air Bagan, from Yangon to Heho that, on 25 December 2012, while attempting to land at Heho Airport, struck power lines, crash landed on a road and came to a stop in a paddy field and caught on fire.[1] Trees on either side of the road caused the wings to separate. The aircraft operating the flight was a Fokker 100 and carrying 65 passengers, of whom one was killed and nine injured. A motorcyclist was struck and killed and another person on the ground was injured.[1] The cause of the accident is as yet unclear; it was reported that the pilots attempted to land the aircraft on the road by mistake, but one eyewitness was quoted as saying that the aircraft was already on fire before the crash.[2][3] The pilots were injured and received hospital treatment.[4]
Two Britons, a Korean man, and two Americans were reported to be among the passengers who were injured.[3][5]
Investigation
The aircraft's "black box" flight recorder was sent to Australian Transport Safety Bureau for analysis.[6] The Myanmar Information Ministry stated that the pilots mistook a road for the airport's runway in conditions described by the airline as heavy fog and landed the aircraft in a rice field.[2]
See also
- Turkish Airlines Flight 452, another aircraft crash where a pilot mistook a road for the runway
References
- 1 2 Hradecky, Simon (1 May 2013). "Accident: Bagan F100 near Heho on Dec 25th 2012, landed on road outside airport". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- 1 2 Htun, Yadana (26 December 2012). "Air Bagan survivor tells of terrifying landing". Boston Globe. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- 1 2 "Govt probes deadly plane crash-landing". Democratic Voice of Burma. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ Alana Schetzer; Stephen Cauchi; Benjamin Preiss. "'I reckon this might be it': plane crash horror". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ Eimer, David (31 May 2011). "British man injured in Burma plane crash". Telegraph. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ Zaw Win Than (30 December 2013). "Air Bagan crash verdict cites pilot error". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 14 January 2014.