Debris from Myanmar military plane found in sea: official

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AFP Yangon
Last Updated : Jun 07 2017 | 6:22 PM IST
Debris from a missing Myanmar military plane carrying more than 100 people was found in the Andaman Sea today, an official and an air force source said.
"Now they have found pieces of the damaged plane in the sea 136 miles (218 km) away from Dawei city," Naing Lin Zaw, a tourism official in Myeik city, told AFP 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.

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First Published: Jun 07 2017 | 6:22 PM IST

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