October 1987 Burma Airways Fokker F27 crash
Fokker F-27 Friendship · Controlled flight into terrain
From Yangon International Airport (RGN) to Bagan Airport (NYU)
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
- 49 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 49
- 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
Fokker F-27 Friendship
- Aircraft type
- Fokker F-27
- 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
- XY-AEL
- Operator
- Burma Airways
- Onboard fatalities
- 49
- Route
- From Yangon International Airport (RGN)To Bagan Airport (NYU)
Approximate · Estimated position: Bagan, near the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
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.
Accident
About 10 minutes before the plane was expected to land, radio communication with the tower ceased. The plane crashed into a ridge at an altitude of 1,500 feet during its approach to Nyaung U Airport about 32 km away. At the time, visibility was low due to heavy monsoon rain. Everyone on board was killed. According to a Rangoon radio report, the crash occurred after an in-flight fire near the village of Phanaung, while other news agencies said they could not establish if the fire occurred before or after the plane crashed. It was the second fatal crash involving Burma Airways in 1987; on 21 June, another Fokker F27 crashed after departing Heho, killing all 45 on board.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: October 1987 Burma Airways Fokker F27 crash
- Revision
- 1349937196 · 2026-04-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q126095148
- 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 "October 1987 Burma Airways Fokker F27 crash" (page 76882032, revision 1349937196)
- 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.