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Debris from Myanmar military plane found in sea,says official

The plane is carries more than 100 persons

Afp June 07, 2017 Less than a minute read

This file photo taken on August 5, 2015 shows a Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 transport aircraft being unloaded at Sittwe airport in Rakhine state, similar to the aircraft carrying over 100 people that went missing between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon on June 7, 2017. A Myanmar military plane carrying at least 104 people went missing on June 7, 2017 between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon, the army chief's office said, as ships scoured the Andaman sea for the aircraft. PHOTO: AFP

YANGON: Debris from a missing Myanmar military plane carrying more than 100 people was found in the Andaman Sea late Wednesday, a local official and an air force source told AFP.

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"Now they have found pieces of the damaged plane in the sea 136 miles away from Dawei city," said Naing Lin Zaw, a tourism official in Myeik city, adding that the navy was still searching the sea.
An air force source requesting anonymity confirmed a navy search and rescue ship had found pieces of the plane.