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| Myanmar plane: Debris and bodies found after search | |
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| The Burmese army says wreckage has been found after a military plane went missing with 122 people on board. | |
| Both debris and bodies were found in the Andaman Sea, the military said in a statement on its Facebook page. | |
| The aircraft, a Y8 transporter made in China, was carrying 14 crew members as well as 106 military personnel and family members, including children. | |
| The plane was flying from Myeik to Yangon and the debris was found in the sea off the coastal town of Dawei. | |
| The flight was half an hour into the short routine trip when communication was lost on Wednesday. | |
| Although it is monsoon season in Myanmar, there were no reports of bad weather at that time. | |
| The plane was purchased from China in March last year and had logged 809 flying hours, according to the military. | |
| Myanmar has seen a number of aircraft incidents in recent years. | |
| In February 2016, the five-member crew of an air force plane died when the aircraft crashed in the capital of Nay Pyi Taw. A few months later, three officers were killed when a military helicopter crashed in central Myanmar. | |
| An Air Bagan commercial aircraft made an emergency landing in 2012 and burst into flames, killing two people. |