Coordinates: 23°50′18.39″N 092°37′13.29″E / 23.8384417°N 92.6203583°E / 23.8384417; 92.6203583

2024 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash

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2024 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash
A blue and white four-engine aircraft in flight, flaps extended
A Shaanxi Y-8 of the Myanmar Air Force, similar to the aircraft involved in the crash
Accident
Date23 January 2024 (2024-01-23)
SummarySkidded off the runway during its landing
SiteLengpui Airport, Aizawl, Mizoram, India
23°50′18.39″N 092°37′13.29″E / 23.8384417°N 92.6203583°E / 23.8384417; 92.6203583
Aircraft
Aircraft typeShaanxi Y-8F-200
Operator Myanmar Air Force
Registration5821
Flight originN/A
DestinationLengpui Airport, Aizawl, Mizoram
Occupants14
Fatalities0
Injuries12
Not to be confused with 2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash.

On 23 January 2024, a Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 plane skidded off the tarmac at Lengpui Airport, in northeast India's Mizoram, injuring 12 of the 14 people on board[1] and splitting the aircraft into two.[2] There were no fatalities.

This was the second Myanmar Air Force crash after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[3]

Incident

Burmese soldiers have been fleeing to Mizoram from the ongoing civil war. 92 soldiers were left in Mizoram, and the Myanmar army plane came to Mizoram to take its' remaining soldiers back.[citation needed]

When the aircraft touched down at Lengpui at 10:19 local time (4:49 UTC), due to "sudden engine failure" according to the Burmese junta, it had skidded off the runway into a ravine.[4]

Aftermath

Local Mizo media broadcasted footage of the crash's aftermath, showing the bent fuselage of the transport plane, which had carved a gash through tall grass after sliding down an embankment.

Four crew members were reported critically injured and were sent to Lengpui Hospital. The ambulance that was supposed to carry the four injured soldiers also crashed by driving under the Lengpui Airport flyover and did not fit.[5]

References

  1. ^ "12 injured as Myanmar military plane overshoots India runway". The Business Standard. January 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Myanmar Army plane crashes at Mizoram's Lengpui airport, 6 injured - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. January 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "Myanmar Army plane with 14 people crashes at Mizoram's Lengpui airport". Hindustan Times. January 23, 2024.
  4. ^ "12 Injured as Myanmar Military Plane Overshoots India Runway".
  5. ^ "Myanmar army aircraft with 14 on board crash lands at Mizoram's Lengpui airport, 4 critical". January 23, 2024 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
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