Air Bagan Flight 11

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Air Bagan Flight 11 was a scheduled domestic flight in Myanmar, operated by Air Bagan, from Yangon to Heho that, on 25 December 2012, while attempting to land at Heho Airport, struck power lines, crash landed on a road and came to a stop in a paddy field and caught on fire. Trees on either side of the road caused the wings to separate. The aircraft operating the flight was a Fokker 100 and carrying 65 passengers, of whom one was killed and nine injured. A motorcyclist was struck and killed and another person on the ground was injured. The cause of the accident is as yet unclear; it was reported that the pilots attempted to land the aircraft on the road by mistake, but one eyewitness was quoted as saying that the aircraft was already on fire before the crash. The pilots were injured and received hospital treatment. Two Britons, a Korean man and two Americans were reported to be among the passengers who were injured.

Investigation

The aircraft's "black box" flight recorder was sent to Australian Transport Safety Bureau for analysis. The Myanmar Information Ministry stated that the pilots mistook a road for the airport's runway in conditions described by the airline as heavy fog and landed the aircraft in a rice field.

Incident summary
Date	25 December 2012
Summary	Flew Through Thick fog before Striking power lines on approach and crash landing
Site	Heho, Myanmar
Passengers	65
Crew	6
Fatalities	2 (1 on ground)
Survivors	70
Aircraft type	Fokker 100
Operator	Air Bagan
Registration	XY-AGC
Flight origin	Yangon International Airport, Yangon, Myanmar
Destination	Heho Airport, Heho, Myanmar

Air Crash Investigation

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