Asia - Pacific
Military plane crash kills 4 in Myanmar
Aircraft carrying 5 crewmembers during training session when accident occurred near airport in political capital
10.02.2016 - Update : 12.02.2016
Yangon
By Kyaw Ye Lynn
YANGON, Myanmar
Four military officers were killed Wednesday after a military plane crashed in Myanmar’s political capital Nay Pyi Taw.
“Four crews were killed and one was seriously injured,” local media quoted a military official who spoke on conditional of anonymity as saying.
The military aircraft, a Beech 1900, had five crewmembers on board during a training session at the time of the accident near the international airport in Nay Pyi Taw.
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