A missing Myanma Airways Fokker F27 Mk600, which is presumed to have gone down on 24 August among forested mountains in northern Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), had still not been found three days later as Flight International went to press.
There were 29 passengers and four crew on the 24-year-old aircraft (XY-AEN), which was on a domestic flight from Yangon (Rangoon) to Tachilek, in the region where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos converge. The last radio contact with the aircraft had indicated that the crew had decided to deviate from course to enable it to fly around a rainstorm.
This is Myanma Airways' second fatal F27 accident this year. The airline also suffered a F27 crash in July 1996 and it has been hit by three other hull-loss events since 1992.
A Lumbini Airlines de Havilland Twin Otter crashed near the peak of a 12,000ft (3,700m) mountain in north-western Nepal on 21 August, killing all 18 people on board the 28-year-old aircraft (9N-ACC). The Twin Otter was on a domestic scheduled flight from Jomson to Pokhara.
An Air Anguilla Cessna 402 has crashed on the Caribbean island of Dominica, killing the pilot and 10 passengers. According to US Federal Aviation Administration reports of the incident, the aircraft (N2748J) hit the ground during a go-around at Melville Hall Airport on 23 August.
Source: Flight International
