Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 5 August 1984
Aircraft Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 600
Owner/operator: Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Registration Number: S2-ABJ
Location: 0,5 km NW of Dhaka-Zia International Airport (DAC) –
ÿ Bangladesh
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 49 / Occupants: 49
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An F-27 aircraft experienced a missed approach and subsequent crash into the water due to a lack of visual contact with the runway during an ILS approach to runway 14.An F-27 aircraft experienced a missed approach and subsequent crash into the water due to a lack of visual contact with the runway during an ILS approach to runway 14.
Description
The F-27 crew first tried to make a VOR approach to runway 32. Since they didn’t see the runway, a missed approach was executed. The crew then tried to make an ILS approach for runway 14. Again a missed approach was executed. On the second attempt for runway 14, the aircraft crashed into the water, 550 m short of the runway threshold.
Primary Cause
Lack of visual contact with the runway during an ILS approach.Lack of visual contact with the runway during an ILS approach.Share on:
