Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Jul 2, 1999 (8 killed), Sittwe
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on July 2, 1999 near Sittwe, Rakhine State (Arakan), Myanmar with 8 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain...
- Date: July 2, 1999
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Sittwe, Rakhine State (Arakan), Myanmar
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew descended below minimum descent altitude in instrument conditions.
A Myanma Airways Fokker F27 on a cargo flight from Yangon to Sittwe with four passengers and four crew descended toward Sittwe in marginal weather with low cloud. The aircraft struck a 270 metre hill about 12 km short of runway 29 after descending below the minimum descent altitude. All eight people on board were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.