Chinese-made plane in Myanmar, Indonesia mishaps

A domestic Myanma Airways flight had a minor landing mishap today, one of two on the same day in Asia involving the same model of Chinese-made twin turboprop aircraft. There were no deaths in either accident.
The accident, the third since late December, comes as Myanmar is experiencing a boom in tourism after instituting democratic reforms that caused western nations to lift most longstanding sanctions that had been applied against the previous repressive military regime.
Myanmar state television showed the scene of the bad landing in Kawthaung in southeastern Myanmar. The Facebook page of the national police said the aircraft carrying four crew members and 60 passengers swerved off one side of the runway on landing today on a flight from Mawlamyine that had originated from Yangon, the country's biggest city.

The report said the state-owned airline's plane came to a stop in bushes about 200 feet to the west of the runway, with smoke coming from the left side propeller housing. It said the propellers on both wings were damaged. It said there were no injuries. Civil Aviation Department Assistant Director Nwe Ni Win Kyaw confirmed the accident but said she could not yet provide further details.
Aviation authorities in Indonesia said a MA60 operated by state-run Merpati Nusantara Airlines landed hard at the airport in the East Nusa Tenggara provincial capital of Kupang, slamming both engines into the runway. Airport authority head Imam Pramono said there were several people injured but no one died on the flight carrying 50 people, which originated from Flores islands, also in eastern Indonesia.

On May 16, another Myanmar Airways MA-60 shot past the end of the runway at Monghsat in northern Shan state when its brakes reportedly failed. A wing and a wheel were damaged, and two passengers suffered broken arms.
In December, a Fokker aircraft belonging to privately-owned Air Bagan crash-landed in a rice field in Myanmar's Shan State, killing two and injuring 11.