Myanmar Military plane missing with 120 people on board
UPDATE @ 1.15pm:Â Wreckage and bodies have reportedly been found in the search for a missing Myanmar Military plane.
Local media say the wreckage was found off the coast of Launglon, in southern Myanmar.
The flight was enroute from southern Myanmar to Yangon when it disappeared.
It’s believed to have been carrying the families of military personnel, soldiers, as well as crew members.
The flight lost communication about 29 minutes after take-off.
Myanmar’s army says it has found wreckage and bodies from a plane that went missing with around 120 people on boardhttps://t.co/1iZkdPEG4K pic.twitter.com/3iSYo4K9Ra
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 8, 2017
EARLIER @ 8.45am: A Myanmar military plane has reportedly gone missing with 120 people, including children, on board.
The flight was enroute from southern Myanmar to Yangon when it disappeared.
News organisation CNN says crews, including six navy ships and three military planes are searching the Andaman Sea for the plane.
It’s understood it was carrying the families of military personnel as well as the crew.
It lost contact about 29 minutes into the flight.
There are no further details available at this time.
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A Myanmar air force Shaanxi Y-8 went missing over the country with 116 soldiers and crew onboard.Foto credit: M Radzi Desa pic.twitter.com/4hfbvgoF1V
— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) June 7, 2017
