Dhaka - Cox's Bazar

On July 20, 2014 at 05:45 PM, Dhaka - Cox's Bazar experienced a crash involving ATR72-200, operated by United Airways - Bangladesh, with the event recorded near Cox's Bazar Chittagong.

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.

48 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 48 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 43, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Following an uneventful flight from Dhaka, the crew initiated the approach to Cox's Bazar in poor weather conditions due to heavy rain falls. After touchdown, the nose gear collapsed. The airplane slid on its nose for few dozen metres before coming to rest in the middle of the runway that was blocked for almost 22 hours. All 48 occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration S2-AFN, MSN 379, year of manufacture 1993.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 21.4441°, 91.9614°.