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1st Ld: Four killed in plane crash in Myanmar

Xinhua, February 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Four military personnel were killed and one other was injured after a military-owned plane crashed in Myanmar's new capital of Nay Pyi Taw on Wednesday's morning, the Ministry of Information website confirmed.

The B1900 aircraft packed with 5 military personnel including one Major, two Captains and two Lance Coporals, crashed and caught fire near Kyankhin village of Shwepyitha village tract in Lewe township, Nay Pyi Taw.

Among them, the injured military staff was taken to a nearby military hospital.

Three fire engines extinguished the fire and the cause of the crash was unknown yet. Enditem