1998 MIAT Harbin Y-12 crash
MIAT Mongolian Airlines Harbin Y-12 II · Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
From Erdenet Airport, Erdenet, Mongolia to Mörön Airport (MXV)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 28 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Harbin Y-12 II
- Aircraft type
- Harbin Y-12
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- JU-1017
- Operator
- MIAT Mongolian Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 28
- Route
- From Erdenet Airport, Erdenet, MongoliaTo Mörön Airport (MXV)
Approximate · Estimated position: Erdenet, near the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The 1998 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crash was a domestic flight operated by MIAT Mongolian Airlines that crashed on 26 May 1998, killing all on board. The flight departed Erdenet Airport at approximately 09:17 on a flight to Mörön, with 26 passengers and 2 crew. Approximately 13 minutes after departure, while the plane was climbing to cruising altitude, it struck the top of a 6,500 ft mountain, killing all passengers and crew. Of the 26 passengers, 14 were adults and 12 were children.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1998 MIAT Harbin Y-12 crash
- Article
- 1998 MIAT Harbin Y-12 crash
- Revision
- 1347143083 · 2026-04-04 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q4593767
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1998 MIAT Harbin Y-12 crash" (page 24328074, revision 1347143083)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an airline in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.