- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 07, 2017
Time: 1335
Location: Off Dawei, Myanmar
Operator: Military - Myanmar Air Force
Flight #: ?
Route: Myeik - Yangon
AC Type: Shaanxi Y-8F-200W
Registration: 5820
cn / ln: ?
Aboard: 122   (passengers:108  crew:14)
Fatalities: 122   (passengers:108  crew:14)
Ground: 0
Summary: The transport plane carrying military personnel and their familiies, left Myeik for a return trip to Yangon. The aircraft was at FL 180 when contact by air traffic control was lost 29 minutes into the flight. The plane crashed about 20 miles west of Dawei in the Andaman Sea. The aircraft climbed to FL180 and proceeded along the coast. It passed two areas with cumulonimbus clouds and the flight crew activated the wing anti-icing. At 13:31 hours an alarm was triggered, indicating engine air inlet icing. At the same time, while flying in the vicinity of another area with cumulonimbus clouds, cross wind increased from 8 knots to 42 knots. In these conditions the aircraft stalled and entered a spin. The flight crew failed to recover from the spin and the aircraft impacted the sea.
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