Yangon - Yangon

On April 26, 1949 at 12:00 AM, Yangon - Yangon experienced a crash involving Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, operated by Myanmar Air Force - Tatmadaw Lei, with the event recorded near Yangon Yangon Region.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The crew was involved in a training sortie, taking part to the simulation of a bombing attack. A bomb stored under a wing failed to release properly during the exercice and exploded on landing, disintegrating the aircraft and killing all three crew members.

Aircraft reference details include registration UB-331.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 16.8570°, 96.0883°.