What the records say
- When
- 9 Mar 2016
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 21.46° N, 91.92° E
- Description
- 2016 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 3
- Injured
- 1
Placed at the coordinates of its Wikipedia articles (2 of 2 languages agree).
True Aviation Flight 21
2016 aviation accident
True Aviation Flight 21 was a regularly scheduled domestic cargo flight in Bangladesh, flying from Cox's Bazar to Jashore. On 9 March 2016, the Antonov An-26 crashed into the Bay of Bengal shortly after take-off from Cox's Bazar Airport. The aircraft was attempting to return to the airport after experiencing an engine failure. Three of the four crew members on board were killed in the accident.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An Antonov An-26 cargo aircraft, operated by True Aviation, crashed in the Bay of Bengal, five minutes after takeoff from Cox's Bazar Airport,”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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