1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash information
Aviation accident
1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash
The accident aircraft in 1974, ten years prior to the accident.
Accident
Date
5 August 1984
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain in bad weather[1][2]
Site
near Zia International Airport Dhaka, Bangladesh 23°51′36″N90°22′57″E / 23.86000°N 90.38250°E / 23.86000; 90.38250
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Fokker F27-600
Operator
Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Registration
S2-ABJ
Flight origin
Patenga Airport
Destination
Zia International Airport
Occupants
49
Passengers
45
Crew
4
Fatalities
49
Survivors
0
On 5 August 1984, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27-600 crashed into a marsh near Zia International Airport (now Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport) in Dhaka, Bangladesh while landing in poor weather.[1] The aircraft was performing a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Patenga Airport, Chittagong and Zia International Airport, Dhaka.[1]
With a total death toll of 49 people, it is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur on Bangladeshi soil and also the airline's worst accident.[3][4]
^ abcAccident description for S2-ABJ at the Aviation Safety Network
^Cite error: The named reference FI1985-35 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"AROUND THE WORLD; 49 Die in Bangladesh As Plane Plunges". The New York Times. Reuters. 6 August 1984. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^Ranter, Harro. "Bangladesh air safety profile". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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