YANGON: Search crews in Myanmar have now recovered the bodies of nearly half of those who died in last week’s military plane crash, the army said Sunday.

The Chinese-made Shaanxi Y8 aircraft was carrying 122 people—soldiers, crew members and children and other relatives of servicemen—when it plunged into the Andaman Sea on Wednesday.

Premium + Digital Edition

Ad-free access


P 80 per month
(billed annually at P 960)
  • Unlimited ad-free access to website articles
  • Limited offer: Subscribe today and get digital edition access for free (accessible with up to 3 devices)

TRY FREE FOR 14 DAYS
See details
See details