Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Aug 5, 1984 (49 killed), Dha...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on August 5, 1984 near Dhaka-Hazrat Shahjalal (ex Zia Ul-Haq), Dhaka, Bangladesh with 49 fatalities. Cause: Controlled...
- Date: August 5, 1984
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Dhaka-Hazrat Shahjalal (ex Zia Ul-Haq), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Fatalities: 49
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued the approach below minimum descent altitude without visual contact with the ground or runway
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight 426, a Fokker F27 Friendship 600, was on a scheduled service from Chittagong Patenga to Dhaka. It struck the ground in a swampy area about 550 meters short of runway 14 while descending in heavy rain. All 49 people on board, 45 passengers and 4 crew, were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.