Myanmar Navy and Air Force personnel were joined by the fishermen Thursday in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar, where a military plane carrying 122 people including 15 children crashed a day earlier, officials said.
The four-engine Chinese-made Y-8 turboprop aircraft had left Myeik, also known as Mergui, heading for Yangon on a route over the Andaman Sea.
It was raining at the time contact was lost with it at 1:35pm Wednesday, when it was southwest of the city of Dawei, formerly known as Tavoy.
The military announced that the bodies of 29 people had been recovered by late Thursday afternoon.
IHE Ị GA-Ewepụ na edemede a:
- The four-engine Chinese-made Y-8 turboprop aircraft had left Myeik, also known as Mergui, heading for Yangon on a route over the Andaman Sea.
- Myanmar Navy and Air Force personnel were joined by the fishermen Thursday in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar, where a military plane carrying 122 people including 15 children crashed a day earlier, officials said.
- The military announced that the bodies of 29 people had been recovered by late Thursday afternoon.
