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Myanmar plane with 120 on board crashes, wreckage found: All we know so far

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Myanmar plane with 120 on board crashes, wreckage found: All we know so far
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BS Web TeamAFP/PTI New Delhi/Yangon
The wreckage of the Myanmar military aircraft, which went missing on Wednesday with 122 people on board, was found on Thursday with some dead bodies in the Andaman Sea off the country's Dawei town. 

The cause of the plane’s crash remains unclear as of now. 

"We have found the plane and some dead bodies this morning about 8.25 am (07:25 am  IST)," a spokesman for the military's information team said.

What happened to the plane?

The aircraft may have crashed into the Andaman Sea. It is monsoon season in Myanmar but there were no reports of stormy weather in the

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