Myanmar army plane with over 100 on board missing after losing communication
2017/06/07
The Chinese-made Y-8-200F transport plane left the coastal town of Myeik at 1:06 p.m (0636 GMT) heading north to Myanmar's largest city of Yangon on a regular weekly flight that visits several coastal towns, officials said.
'The aircraft involved was a Shaanxi Y-8F-200 of the Myanmar Air Force,[1] serial number 5820.[2] It had been delivered in March 2016 and had flown for 806 hours at the time of its disappearance.[1]'