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| Myanmar military plane missing with more than 100 on board – army chief | Myanmar military plane missing with more than 100 on board – army chief |
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| A Myanmar military plane is missing, the national army chief confirmed in a statement. A local aviation official said 105 people were on board, according to reports. | A Myanmar military plane is missing, the national army chief confirmed in a statement. A local aviation official said 105 people were on board, according to reports. |
| A search and rescue operation is underway after the plane dropped off the radar on Wednesday while flying over the Andaman Sea between the southern city of Myeik and Yagon. | A search and rescue operation is underway after the plane dropped off the radar on Wednesday while flying over the Andaman Sea between the southern city of Myeik and Yagon. |
| "Communication was lost suddenly at about 1:35pm when it reached about 20 miles west of Dawei town," the statement read, according to local media. The military has deployed both the air force and navy to search for the aircraft. | |
| "The total number of people on the military plane is 105. We received this information from the airplane before departure," Kyaw Kyaw Htey, a civil aviation official at Myeik airport, told Reuters."We don't know what exactly happened to this plane after the loss of contact," Htey added. | |
| It’s understood the plane, a Chinese-built Shaanxi Y-8, could be carrying both military personnel and their relatives. | It’s understood the plane, a Chinese-built Shaanxi Y-8, could be carrying both military personnel and their relatives. |
| “We think it was a technical failure. Weather is fine there," an airport source told AFP. It’s currently monsoon season in Myanmar and stormy conditions were forecast, according to weather reports. | “We think it was a technical failure. Weather is fine there," an airport source told AFP. It’s currently monsoon season in Myanmar and stormy conditions were forecast, according to weather reports. |