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Myanmar plane wreck: 31 bodies recovered, inlcuding 21 women, 2 children

More than half of the passengers were from military families, including 15 children, according to the army.

By :  dr swati srivastava
Update: 2017-06-09 13:13 GMT
A Myanmar military plane carrying 120 people went missing on Wednesday between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon, according to the office of the army chief and an airport source. (Photo: AP)
Gerry Soejatman, an independent aviation expert based in Jakarta, said initial information indicated something went wrong \"not long after or just before reaching cruising altitude\". (Photo: AP)
A statement from the army chief's office posted on Friday said workers had found the bodies of 21 women, 8 children and 2 men, along with parts of a military transport plane. The bodies, covered in white plastic sheets, were taken to a military hospital in nearby Dawei town. (Photo: AP)
There has been no official explanation for the cause of the crash, one of several deadly incidents involving Myanmar military aircraft in recent years. The military named the captain of the Chinese-made Y-8F-200 four-engine turboprop as Lieutenant Colonel Nyein Chan, who it said had more than 3,000 hours of flying experience. (Photo: AFP)
Rescue personnel carry bodies recovered by fishing vessels in the waters off San Hlan village, in Laung Lone township. Fishermen joined navy and air force personnel in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar. (Photo: AFP)
It is monsoon season in Myanmar but there were no reports of stormy weather in the area at the time. Sources said that debris had been found in the sea off the coastal town of Dawei, which lies an hour's flight southeast of Yangon. (Photo: AFP)
Myanmar's military said on Thursday that it has found the wreckage of a plane in the Andaman Sea that went missing with around 120 people on board, along with several bodies. (Photo: AFP)
More than half of the passengers were from military families, including 15 children, according to the army.

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