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Report on Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash

Y-8-200 F plane

Y-8-200 F plane Source: Myanmar Defence Ministry

On the 7th of June a transport plane a Chinese-made Shaanxi Y8 aircraft Y-8-200 carrying families of Burmese military and crew of 122 persons flying from Myeik to Yangon lost contact and plunged into the Andaman Sea.


SBS contributor Suu Sha interview Tenasserim Division government Minister U Ho Pin and Myeik division Senior Police Officer U Myo Mim Aung about the rescued for the bodies from the plane.

 


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