Myanma Airways Flight 635
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On the 24 August 1998 Myanma Airways
Flight 635, run by a Fokker F-27 Friendship (registration XY-AEN) took off from Yangon International Airport
on a short 2 hour flight to Tachilek Airport
. The last radio contact with Flight 635 happened when the flight crew reported that they were overhead Tachilek and descending from 9500 feet. As they were descending, flight 635 crashed into a 500-foot hill two miles from the airport. The accident killed all 36 passengers and crew.
Myanma Airways
Myanma Airways Corporation is the national flag carrier and state-owned airline of Myanmar, based in Yangon. It operates scheduled services to all major domestic destinations. Its main base is Yangon International Airport.- History :...
Flight 635, run by a Fokker F-27 Friendship (registration XY-AEN) took off from Yangon International Airport
Yangon International Airport
Yangon International Airport , located in Mingaladon, at north of downtown Yangon, is the primary international airport of Myanmar and the second largest airport in the country....
on a short 2 hour flight to Tachilek Airport
Tachilek Airport
Tachilek Airport or Tachileik Airport is an airport serving Tachilek , a town in the Shan State of eastern Burma.-Airlines and destinations:...
. The last radio contact with Flight 635 happened when the flight crew reported that they were overhead Tachilek and descending from 9500 feet. As they were descending, flight 635 crashed into a 500-foot hill two miles from the airport. The accident killed all 36 passengers and crew.