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[SeaVisionBurma]

Myanma Airways plane skids off runway By AFP | Tuesday, 11 June 2013 From the Myanmar Times

A Myanma Airways plane carrying about 60 passengers skidded off the runway at a regional airport on Monday, officials said, the second such incident in less than a month.

Both propellers on the Chinese-made Xian MA60 were damaged in the landing at Kawthaung in the southern region of Taninthari, but nobody was injured, according to police.

"The plane skidded off the runway into the nearby field," a government official who did not want to be named told AFP.

In mid-May a Myanma Airways MA60 overshot the end of a runway at an airport in eastern Shan State due to suspected brake failure, injuring two people.

The same type of aircraft crash-landed at an airport in eastern Indonesia on Monday, injuring two people. Read the full story here: http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/7088-myanma-airways-plane-skids-off-runway.html

[SeaVisionBurma]

Second incident for the same aircraft type in the region - on the same day:

Merpati crash lands

Airport staff stand on the tarmac by a damaged Merpati Nusantara Airlines MA-60 aircraft at Indonesia’s El Tari airport in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara province, on June 10, 2013. (Photo: Reuters)

RANGOON — A domestic Myanma Airways flight swerved off the runway during landing on the same day that an Indonesian flight involving the same Chinese-made aircraft made a hard landing. Neither accident caused any deaths.

Monday’s accident in Burma was the third there since late December and comes as tourism booms in the country as it opens to the world after a half-century of military rule.

Burma state television showed the scene of the bad landing in Kawthaung in southeastern Burma. National police said on Facebook that the aircraft, a Chinese-made Xian MA60, was carrying four crew members and 60 passengers on a flight that originated in Rangoon, the country’s biggest city.

Full story here: http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/37056

[Chao Lao Beach]

Just a hard landing in Indo Just another day in Indo aviation, nothng here

That is the Gov airline in Myanma right?

Edit:Spelling

Edited June 11, 2013 by Chao Lao Beach

[SeaVisionBurma]

Just a hard landing in Indo Just another day in Indo aviation, nothng here

Seems as though that particular aircraft type has had more than its share of incidents over the past few months though.

Was surprised to see the Kawthoung one - didn't realise UB were using that type. And it is my local airport.

[SeaVisionBurma]

Chinese-made planes under scrutiny after incidents

The wreckage of a Chinese-made Xian MA60 twin turboprop aircraft operated by state-run Merpati Nusantara Airlines lies on the runway after it landed hard at El Tari airport in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia on Monday. Photo: AP

China's high-flying aviation ambitions suffered a setback on Tuesday as Myanmar grounded several planes made by the Asian powerhouse and Indonesia ordered special checks on its fleet following a series of safety scares.

An MA60 turboprop airliner with 52 people on board crash-landed at an airport in eastern Indonesia on Monday, leaving two passengers with minor injuries and forcing state-owned carrier Merpati to write off the plane.

On the same day an MA60 operated by Myanma Airways and carrying about 60 people skidded off a runway at a domestic airport in southern Myanmar, although nobody was hurt.

It was the second such incident in less than a month involving one of three MA60s owned by Myanma Airways.

Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/chinesemade-planes-under-scrutiny-after-incidents-20130612-2o3fv.html

[Tomtomtom69]

That's why I choose not to fly domestic in Myanmar. Once full overland travel is allowed between Kawthoung and Yangon with no more permit requirements, then flying won't be necessary anymore anyway.

[Totster]

Looks like a nice pothole in the runway...

totster

[LuukKoeyKorat]

Great....Lao Airlines uses a bunch of these for domestic flights here.. :-(

[rubberduck]

Great....Lao Airlines uses a bunch of these for domestic flights here.. :-(

No, Lao Airlines is using French-Italian ATR42 and ATR72 which look quite similar. My absolute favorite these flying buses

Beside the ATR the Lao fleet also includes Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.

ATR is a extremely reliable plane, not to compare with this Xian MA60 Chinese crap which seems a cheap copy of the ATR.

Indonesia on Saturday witnessed another plane crash as a Chinese-made aircraft Xian MA60 belonging to Merpati Nusantara Airlines fell into the sea. All crews and passengers are allegedly dead.

However, plance crashes which involved the said aircraft model did not only occur in Indonesia. Countless overseas airlines operating Xian MA60 turned out to have undergone similar problems.

Chinese-made MA60 Likely Prone to Accidents

Edited June 13, 2013 by rubberduck

[SeaVisionBurma]

Great....Lao Airlines uses a bunch of these for domestic flights here.. :-(

No, Lao Airlines is using French-Italian ATR42 and ATR72 which look a bit similar. My absolute favorite these flying buses

Beside the ATR the Lao fleet also includes Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.

Actually Lao Airlines reportedly do have the Chinese MA-60 in their fleet. There are 4 of them in service.

Lao Airlines Xiian MA60 images

[rubberduck]

Great....Lao Airlines uses a bunch of these for domestic flights here.. :-(

No, Lao Airlines is using French-Italian ATR42 and ATR72 which look a bit similar. My absolute favorite these flying buses

Beside the ATR the Lao fleet also includes Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.

Actually Lao Airlines reportedly do have the Chinese MA-60 in their fleet. There are 4 of them in service.

Lao Airlines Xiian MA60 images

Oh interesting, then some fleet information website needs an urgent update. Many thanks for mentioning, in that case upon the next booking I like to know in advance which plane they use for my flight. Like in September I gotta go VTE - Luangnamthaa and VTE - Luangprabang, but I defenitely do not wish to fly with this Chinese rubbish.

For Lao Airlines perhaps wise to get rid of this crashplanes if they wish to once been removed from IATA blacklist.

[SeaVisionBurma]

Agreed - I normally have no problems flying regional airlines in strange places (after many hairy flights in Myanmar for years and years on old aircraft without a crash) - but this particular aircraft is having way too many incidents with different airllnes in different countries at the moment.

More info on Lao Airlines current fleet here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_Airlines#Fleet

[transam]

I am totally against remould tyres.