Lashio Airport
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Lashio Airport is an airport in Lashio
, Burma. it is near the Head Quarter of Northeast Military Command. Passengers have to walk from airport building to entrance of airport compound. There is no X ray equipment.
Lashio
Lashio is the largest town in northern Shan State, Myanmar, about northeast of Mandalay. It is situated on a low mountain spur overlooking the valley of the Nam Yao river. The population grew from around 5000 in 1960 to 88,590 in 1983. It is currently estimated at around 130,000.Lashio is the...
, Burma. it is near the Head Quarter of Northeast Military Command. Passengers have to walk from airport building to entrance of airport compound. There is no X ray equipment.
Accidents and incident
- On 23 May 1969, Douglas DC-3Douglas DC-3The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made...
XY-ACR of Union of Burma Airways crashed on approach to Lashio Airport killing all six people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight.