Vickers Viscount crash, Aug 24, 1972, Akyab Rakhine State
Vickers Viscount accident on August 24, 1972 near Akyab Rakhine State, Myanmar with no fatalities.
- Date: August 24, 1972
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Akyab Rakhine State, Myanmar
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Union of Burma Airways Viscount landed about 450 meters past the threshold at Akyab, now Sittwe. It could not stop within the remaining runway, overran, and came to rest a few dozen meters beyond the end, with all 43 occupants uninjured.