 The accident aircraft in 1974, ten years prior to the accident. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 August 1984 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain in bad weather[1][2] |
| Site | near Zia International Airport Dhaka, Bangladesh 23°51′36″N 90°22′57″E / 23.86000°N 90.38250°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F27-600 |
| Operator | Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
| Registration | S2-ABJ |
| Flight origin | Patenga Airport |
| Destination | Zia International Airport |
| Occupants | 49 |
| Passengers | 45 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 49 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 5 August 1984, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27-600 crashed into a marsh near Zia International Airport (now Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport) in Dhaka, Bangladesh while landing in poor weather.[1] The aircraft was performing a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Patenga Airport, Chittagong and Zia International Airport, Dhaka.[1]
With a total death toll of 49 people, it is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur on Bangladeshi soil and also the airline's worst accident.[3][4] It was also the deadliest accident involving a Bangladeshi airline until the crash of US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 in 2018.
- ^ a b c Accident description for S2-ABJ at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
FI1985-35was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "AROUND THE WORLD; 49 Die in Bangladesh As Plane Plunges". The New York Times. Reuters. 6 August 1984. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Bangladesh air safety profile". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 18 November 2019.