Dhaka - Sylhet

On December 22, 1997 at 10:36 PM, Dhaka - Sylhet experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, with the event recorded near Sylhet Sylhet.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

89 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 89 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 85, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Sylhet Airport, the crew encountered foggy conditions. Due to poor visibility, the crew was unable to establish a visual contact with the approach and runway lights so the decision was taken to initiate a go-around procedure. Few minutes later, a second attempt to land was abandoned for the same reason. The captain insisted and elected to make another approach. On final, the aircraft descended below the MDA and struck the ground 3 km short of runway threshold. On impact, the undercarriage were torn off and the aircraft came to rest in a waterlogged area, broken in two. All 89 occupants were rescued, among them 50 were slightly injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration S2-ACJ, MSN 11180, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 24.2598°, 91.3801°.