ATR72-200 crash, Jul 24, 2015, Yangon-Mingaladon
ATR72-200 accident on July 24, 2015 near Yangon-Mingaladon, Yangon Region, Myanmar with no fatalities. Cause: MAIB (as summarized by BAAA): the primary...
- Date: July 24, 2015
- Aircraft: ATR72-200
- Location: Yangon-Mingaladon, Yangon Region, Myanmar
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: MAIB (as summarized by BAAA): the primary cause was the pilot's reluctance to perform a go around while the aircraft was unstable and bouncing in low visibility; contributing factors were very low visibility, intermittently invisible runway centreline lights, a wet runway in heavy rain, and the captain taking control 14 seconds before the first impact.
An Air Bagan ATR 72 212 (XY AIH), flight JAB424 from Mandalay, landed at Yangon Mingaladon on 24 July 2015 in heavy rain and very low visibility. The captain took control at about 50 ft, and the aircraft made a hard bounced landing, skidded and left the left side of the runway onto muddy ground about 2,800 ft from the threshold. No one was killed, and the aircraft was written off; the airline suspended operations shortly afterwards.