Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Jan 27, 1998 (16 killed), Sa...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on January 27, 1998 near Sandoway, Rakhine State (Arakan), Myanmar with 16 fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The right...
- Date: January 27, 1998
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Sandoway, Rakhine State (Arakan), Myanmar
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Not determined. The right engine failure is reported as the initiating event, but the reason for it is not established in the sources reviewed.
A Myanma Airways Fokker F27 on scheduled flight UB403 from Sandoway to Kyaukpyu apparently lost its right engine during the initial climb. The aircraft rolled right, lost height, struck a concrete wall and burst into flames. Sixteen people, including one crew member, were killed, and preliminary accounts report no technical anomalies in the engines, brakes or landing gear.