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Air Bagan Flight 11 was a domestic scheduled flight in Myanmar, operated by Air Bagan from Yangon to Heho. On 25 December 2012 the aircraft operating the flight, a Fokker 100, crash landed through trees removing the wings on approach to Heho Airport. The aircraft also struck power lines on descent and came to rest on fire. The aircraft was carrying 65 passengers, of whom one was killed and 11 injured. A motorcyclist on the ground was also struck and killed. The cause of the accident is as yet unclear; it was reported that the pilots attempted to land the aircraft on the road by mistake, but one eyewitness was quoted as saying that the aircraft was already on fire before the crash.The pilots were injured in the crash and received hospital treatment.

Two Britons, a Korean man and two Americans were reported to be among the passengers who were injured.

Investigation

The airline announced the aircraft's "black box" flight recorder would be sent to Singapore for analysis. The Myanmar Information Ministry stated that the pilots mistook a road for the airport's runway in conditions described by the airline as heavy fog and landed the aircraft in a rice field.

Air Bagan Flight 11

Air Bagan Fokker 100, XY-AGC
Accident summary
Date	25 December 2012
Type	Struck power lines and crash landed
Site	Heho, Myanmar 20°43′30″N 096°47′31″E
Passengers	65
Crew	6
Injuries	11
Fatalities	2 (including one on ground)
Survivors	70
Aircraft type	Fokker 100
Operator	Air Bagan
Registration	XY-AGC
Flight origin	Yangon International Airport, Yangon, Myanmar
Stopover	Mandalay International Airport, Mandalay, Myanmar
Destination	Heho Airport, Heho, Myanmar