Myanmar | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The aircraft named 'Zinyaw' departed Bassein River on a survey flight. Upon takeoff, it collided with a buoy and crashed. All three occupants were injured and the aircraft was lost.

Probable cause:

Collision with a buoy upon takeoff.

Crash of a Short S.22 Scion Senior into Lake Inle

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1936

Type of aircraft:

Short S.22 Scion Senior

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VT-AGU

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Lake Inle - Yangon

MSN:

S.779

YOM:

1935

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The four engine float plane crashed in unknown circumstances while taking off from Lake Inle, Burma. Both occupants were injured.

Crash of a Lockheed 8D Altair off Aye Island: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1935

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed 8 Sirius/Altair

Operator:

Charles Edward Kingsford Smith

Registration:

G-ADUS

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Private

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Lympne - Allahabad - Singapore - Sydney

MSN:

152

YOM:

1935

Location:

Aye Island (Kokunye Kyun)

Mon State

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Myanmar

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Asia

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Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith and his copilot John Thompson 'Tommy' Pethybridge were flying the aircraft named 'Lady Southern Cross' overnight from Allahabad, India, to Singapore, as part of their attempt to break the England-Australia speed record held by C. W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black, when they disappeared over the Andaman Sea in the early hours of 8 November 1935. Despite brave search for 74 hours over the Bay of Bengal by test pilot Eric Stanley Greenwood OBE, their bodies were never recovered. Eighteen months later, Burmese fishermen found an undercarriage leg and wheel (with its tyre still inflated) which had been washed ashore at Aye Island in the Gulf of Martaban, some three km off the southeast coastline of Burma, some 137 km south of Mottama (formerly known as Martaban). Lockheed confirmed the undercarriage leg to be from the 'Lady Southern Cross'. Botanists who examined the weeds clinging to the undercarriage leg estimated that the aircraft itself lies not far from the island at a depth of approximately 27 metres. The undercarriage leg is now on public display at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia.

Probable cause:

Due to lack of evidences, the cause of the accident could not be determined.

Crash of an Avro 616 Avian IVM in the Gulf of Martaban: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1932

Type of aircraft:

Avro 616 Avian IVM

Operator:

F. B. Taylor

Registration:

G-AAKA

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Private

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Mawlamyine - Yangon

MSN:

324

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1930

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The crew (G. W. Salt and F. B. Taylor) departed Mawlamyine on a flight to Yangon. En route, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Gulf of Martaban. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

Crash of a Fokker F7b/3m in Sandoway: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F7

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Registration:

PH-AEO

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Saigon – Yangon – Akyab – Calcutta – Allahabad – Agra – Basra – Cairo – Tripoli – Benghazi – Tunis – Algiers – Marseille – Paris

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5096

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1929

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En route from Yangon to Akyab, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a river near Akyab, Burma. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Claude Beauregard, pilot,
Ange Bourgeois, pilot,
Olivier Leroux, radio navigator,
Pierre Patard, engineer.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth near Toungup: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1930

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

Operator:

Eric L. Hook

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G-AAWV

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Akyab – Yangon

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1476

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1930

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The crew departed Lympne, Kent, on June 20 on a flight to Australia. While cruising from Akyab to Yangon, he encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls when the aircraft crashed in wooded and hilly terrain in the Arakan Mountain Range near Toungup. Both occupants survived the accident and James Matthews departed the crash site to find help to assist Eric Laurence Hook who was injured. James Matthews found help more than seven days later and when he returned to the accident site, he realized that Eric Hook died from his injuries.

Crash of a Potez 32/4 in Mawlamyine

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1929

Type of aircraft:

Potez 32

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F-AJHU

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Paris – Marseille – Algiers – Tunis – Tripoli – Benghazi – Cairo – Basra – Agra – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Saigon

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The crew was performing a mail flight from France to Saigon. While overflying over Mawlamyine, Burma, he encountered poor weather conditions. A forced landing being impossible in this hilly area, the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed while both occupants, Joseph Le Brix and Maurice Rossi, were uninjured.

Crash of a Morane-Saulnier M.S.233 in Mawlamyine

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1929

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Morane-Saulnier M.S.233

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F-AJHO

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Paris – Marseille – Algiers – Tunis – Tripoli – Benghazi – Cairo – Basra – Agra – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Saigon

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While overflying Mawlamyine, the crew lost his orientation while flying in stormy weather. Because he was flying over mountainous terrain, the crew was unable to attempt an emergency landing and decided to bail out. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed. A pilot was injured and the second one was unhurt.

Crash of a Bernard 197GR near Moulmein

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1929

Type of aircraft:

Bernard 197

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F-AIYI

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Istres – Tunis – Cairo – Basra – Agra – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Saigon

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While cruising some 200 km southeast of Yangon, the crew encountered engine problems and attempted to make an emergency landing. The aircraft named 'France - Indochine' crashed in a swamp and came to rest. While both pilots were slightly injured, the mechanic was seriously injured.
Crew:
Joseph Le Brix, pilot,
Antoine Paillard, pilot,
Camille Jousse, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.