Myanmar Defence Forum

[Aung Zaya]

RIP, its tragic.

When were the Y-8 acquired and what is the maintenance regime like @Aung Zaya ?

just arrived last year bro.
still dont know yet what is the main reason of this as we still finding plane. plz pray for this

 

[帅的一匹]

just arrived last year bro.
still dont know yet what is the main reason of this as we still finding plane. plz pray for this

We are ready to deliver help in any form when you need to find it.

 

[Aung Zaya]

We are ready to deliver help in any form when you need to find it.

thanks bro.
now we found the things from missing plane. keep finding the rest ones. hope most of the passanger survive.

 

[帅的一匹]

thanks bro.
now we found the things from missing plane. keep finding the rest ones. hope most of the passanger survive.

Some times shit happens, deepest RIP.

 

[Aung Zaya]

Some times shit happens, deepest RIP.

yes. 108 army family members onboard.
at least hope pilots survive. they have over 10 years experience in operating Y-8 planes. we can buy more Y-8 immediately but to get pilots like those have to wait another decade.

 

[帅的一匹]

yes. 108 army family members onboard.
at least hope pilots survive. they have over 10 years experience in operating Y-8 planes. we can buy more Y-8 immediately but to get pilots like those have to wait another decade.

Y9 is better.

 

[Aung Zaya]

Y9 is better.

we already has agreement. a couple of Y-9 will be arrived to Myanmar shortly.
http://defence-blog.com/news/myanmar-to-buy-new-chinese-y-9e-transport-aircraft.html

 

[帅的一匹]

we already has agreement. a couple of Y-9 will be arrived to Myanmar shortly.
http://defence-blog.com/news/myanmar-to-buy-new-chinese-y-9e-transport-aircraft.html

Very sad of your loss. AVIC had sent special investigation team to Myanmar.

 

[Aung Zaya]

Very sad of your loss. AVIC had sent special investigation team to Myanmar.

officials from AVIC are arrived and start making investigation. and i also have China offered to recheck the rest Y-8 fleet as the maintaince service.very nice service..!!

Tatmadaw transportation plane Y-8 missing; search and rescue operations under way

Nay Pyi Taw June 7

The Tatmadaw welfare transportation plane (Y-8-200 F No. 5820) carrying 108 military personnel and family members and 14 crew members and about 2.4 tons of cargo on board started flying from Myeik to Yangon at 1.06 pm today in accordance with the route Yangon-Myeik-Pokkpyin-Myeik-Yangon. While the aircraft was flying at an altitude of 18,000 feet, it lost contact with the Dawei Air-port at 195° southwest of Dawei about 43 miles from the town at 1.35 pm.

After losing contact with the aircraft, Air Force aircraft, Navy vessels and ground troops conducted search and rescue operations at a place between 13.48 degrees north latitude and 98.02 degrees east longitude where contact from the plane was last received. There was certain degree of waves at the sea during the time the incident occurred. When the weather became fine at about 6 pm local vessels joined in the search and rescue operations. Currently, nine Navy vessels, three Air Force planes and ground troops are carrying out search and rescue work in cooperation with local vessels.

The plane, Y-8-200 F, arrived in March last year. It had 809 flying hours in the service of Air Force. It was operated by seasoned pilot Officiating Lt-Col Nyein Chan with 3,162 flying hours, co-pilot Officiating Lt-Col Soe Thu Win with 3,161 flying hours, co-pilot Maj Thant Zin Htay with 2,403 flying hours and flight engineer Capt Kyaw Soe. It has a 14-member flight crew. Passengers were 35 officers and other ranks and 15 children (6 boys, 9 girls) and 58 adults (13 men, 45 women) who were families members totaling 108.

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till now we got 31 bodies including 2 kids and keeping the rescue operations.

busy day for ATR 72 MPAs

crash site

rescue teams and volenteers

 

[帅的一匹]

Lot of military personnel loose their family members, very sad day!

 

[Aung Zaya]

ATR72 MPA with Isreal upgraded.

 

[Aung Zaya]

Keeping the SAR missions.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1356586054462256

 

[BDforever]

@Aung Zaya sorry for your loss.
It is said that the aircraft had capacity of 88 passengers but boarded with 100+ , why is that ?
also news have come up that Myanmar air force has poor safety record, why is that ?

 

[Aung Zaya]

@Aung Zaya sorry for your loss.
It is said that the aircraft had capacity of 88 passengers but boarded with 100+ , why is that ?
also news have come up that Myanmar air force has poor safety record, why is that ?

nope. 88 persons is standard for fully equiped airbune units or 20 tons cargo. here over 100 people is also included over 15 kids and 10+ old people and a few lauggages. so there is no overweight case.

so let me see where they said ' Myanmar AF have poor safefy issue '. we're operating 6 Y-8s since last 2 decades. there is no accident. according to initial new , thunder strike hit the plane. but not comfirm yet.

in past 20 years , we lost
1 x MiG29 UB
1 x Mi35
1 x beechcraft
1 x Y-8
1 x F-7
1 x Mi-2 in accidents.
it is clash rate is relatively low compared with our aircrafts ratio. even BD clash rate ratio ( 16 planes in 12 years ) to its fleet size. bro

 

[Aung Zaya]

still finding the rest people. almost 80 people are still missing.