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Myanmar Military Plane With 104 Aboard Vanishes
New York Times ^
| JUNE 7, 2017
| JANE PERLEZ and WAI MOE
Posted on 06/07/2017 8:44:17 AM PDT by rdl6989
YANGON, Myanmar A military transport plane with 104 people on board 14 crew members and passengers who were mostly relatives of Myanmar soldiers disappeared after taking off Wednesday afternoon from an air base in the southern part of the country, military officials said.
The navy and air force mobilized ships and planes to search for the aircraft in the area near Myike Air Base, about 350 miles south of the countrys commercial capital, Yangon, the office of the commander in chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, said in a statement. The plane, a Chinese-made Y-8, was en route to Yangon.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: burma; missingplane; myanmar
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:44:18 AM PDT
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rdl6989
To: rdl6989
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:47:40 AM PDT
by
Garvin
(Madame Not President)
To: rdl6989
The plane, a Chinese-made Y-8, I think I see the problem...............
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:48:01 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
Wreckage has been found in the Andaman Sea.
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:48:24 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: rdl6989
Families of Myanmar soldiers? Yikes. Jihad by extortion?
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:48:25 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: rdl6989
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:48:47 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: rdl6989
I hope this is not another one. That section of the aerial world seems to have a lot of planes disappearing or going down. Are they overloading the planes with people and luggage just to collect all the fees?
To: rdl6989
Somebody alert CNN! This will give them something to report on around-the-clock for the next two years!
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:53:23 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
To: Red Badger
I believe the Y-8 is the Chinese copy of the Antonov An-12 cargo transport. They have to check the weather conditions at the time of the accident, though.
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:54:28 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: rdl6989
Wreckage has been found in the Andaman Sea.
If it disappeared, how can they see the wreckage? Just curious. :)
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:54:34 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: Red Badger
Oh, I see, you shoulda bought the special version that guarantees the wings will stay on for more than 800 hours...
To: RayChuang88
A Chinese copy of a Russian airplane?
What could possibly go wrong?............................
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:56:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
To: rdl6989
You most likely know it as Myanmar, but it will always be Burma to me. ~ J. Peterman
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posted on
06/07/2017 8:59:47 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Yes, I wish countries would stop changing their names.
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06/07/2017 9:01:47 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: rdl6989
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posted on
06/07/2017 9:08:08 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(RuPaul and Yertle - our illustrious Republican leaders up the Hill - God help us!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
06/07/2017 9:27:49 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: lee martell
Unlike the US that packs in passengers like sardines.
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posted on
06/07/2017 9:30:46 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: rdl6989
I’m not looking forward to a sequel to “Lost”.
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posted on
06/07/2017 9:31:42 AM PDT
by
Safrguns
To: Red Badger
Hmm, it had four propellers.
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posted on
06/07/2017 9:34:19 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
What do you expect CNN will use as a theme to somehow tie this to Trump?
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posted on
06/07/2017 9:34:39 AM PDT
by
NEMDF
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