Birmania, Incidente in atterraggio, vittime

[Valerio Ricciardi]

Birmania, atterraggio d'emergenza
L'aereo si spezza, tre morti e 11 feriti
Incendio di uno dei motori, il velivolo non riesce a raggiungere l'aeroporto e si schianta su un campo di riso. C'era anche una forte nebbia. Tra le vittime, un bimbo di 11 anni

http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2012/12 ... -49413312/

[MatteF88]

Riportando da avherald:

An Air Bagan Fokker 100, registration XY-AGC performing flight W9-11 from Mandalay to Heho (Myanmar) with 63 passengers, 6 crew and 2 security personnel, was on approach to Heho, when the aircraft touched down on a road about 3km off the aerodrome, broke up, came to a stop in a paddy field and burst into flames. One passenger and a motorist riding a motorbike on the road were killed, 11 people including the captain received injuries and were taken to a hospital. The aircraft sustained substantial damage beyond repair.

Myanmar's Vice Minister of Information said, the aircraft landed on a paddy field near the airport in very poor visibility due to heavy snow fall, fire broke out only after ground contact. An 11 year old boy amongst the passengers was killed, 4 foreigners were amongst the 11 injured, the motorist is not yet identified. Amongst the 65 passengers there were 47 foreigners. The aircraft was 22 years old (editorial note: which identifies XY-AGC).

The airline confirmed XY-AGC was involved while performing flight W9-11, 2 crew and 7 passengers were injured, the aircraft attempted an emergency landing off the aerodrome.

Another government official said the crew had reported an engine fire at about 09:00L (02:30Z) prior to the accident.

The aircraft was scheduled to land at Heho at 09:15L (02:45Z).

Heho offers a runway 18/36 of 8500 feet/2590 meters length at an elevation of 3860 feet. NDB approaches are published for both runway 18 and 36 by AIS Myanmar.

No weather data are available (neither METAR nor local weather station reports), a weather station at Taunggyi 13nm east of Heho Airport reported at 06:30L: Temperature 12 degrees C, dew point 10 degrees C, humidity 83%, visibility 6km, light winds from southwest at about 1 knot, mist. At 12:30L the weather station reported: temperature 22 degrees C, dew point 11 degrees C, 38% humidity, visibility 10km, light winds from southwest at about 1 knot.

[davymax]

Fokker 100 Air Bagan XY-AGC

[cabronte]

Riporto da ASN
http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 20121225-0

[JT8D]

Aggiornamenti di oggi:
"An Air Bagan Fokker 100, registration XY-AGC performing flight W9-11 from Mandalay to Heho (Myanmar) with 63 passengers, 6 crew and 2 security personnel, was on approach to Heho in low visibility at 08:50L (02:20Z), when the aircraft touched down on a road about 1km/0.6nm south of the aerodrome, broke up, came to a stop in a paddy field about 150 meters north of National Highway 4 south of the aerodrome, and burst into flames"......

...... Passengers reported they were unaware of any trouble prior to first ground contact, which was a rather small bump followed by a number of heavy bumps until the aircraft skidded to a halt. After the aircraft had stopped they saw flames outside, the front main door was forcibly opened after a short while and the passengers ran away from the aircraft. Several passengers by then were already suffering from smoke inhalation.

Government sources reported on Dec 26th the aircraft, registration XY-AGC, had departed Mandalay at 08:28L and was on approach to Heho in dense fog at 08:50L when the aircraft hit a 66kV power line running east to west about 1nm south of runway 36 threshold and then hit trees along National Highway 4 connecting Meiktila and Taunggyi about 0.6nm before the runway threshold before contacting ground. A female Burmese tour guide amongst the passengers was killed, the two pilots and 9 passengers received injuries. Emergency services brought the fire under control about 45 minutes after the accident. The fire had started from the tail section, which had fractured and separated in the sequence of the accident, presumably already at impact with the power line or trees. Myanmar's Ministry of Transport have opened an investigation into the accident and formed an investigation commission. The black boxes will be read out in Singapore".
(http://avherald.com/h?article=45b1221e&opt=0)

Paolo