Summary Unknown Passengers 27 Survivors 3 Date 16 August 1972 Fatalities 28 Passenger count 27 | Site Thandwe, Burma Injuries (non-fatal) 3 Aircraft type Douglas C-47B-20-DK Operator Myanmar National Airlines Survivor 3 Crew count 4 | |
Similar Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708, 1972 Puerto Rico DC, Delta Air Lines Flight 9570, Prinair Flight 191, Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 | ||
The 1972 Thandwe crash occurred on 16 August in Burma. Shortly after the flight departed Thandwe Airport on its initial climb, the scheduled passenger flight for Burma Airways carrying 27 passengers and four crew suddenly fell from the sky and crashed into the sea, killing all four crew and all but three passengers. It was the first fatal accident for Burma Airways.
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