Hunt for missing Myanmar plane enters third day; total of 31 bodies recovered

Rescue teams unload dead bodies from a navy vessel outside Launglon township, Myanmar June 8 , 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

YANGON/SANLAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - The tally of retrieved bodies rose to 31 on Friday as Myanmar's hunt for a military transport plane that went missing over the Andaman Sea with 122 people on board stretched into a third day.

Eight navy ships and sonar systems had joined the search for victims of Wednesday's incident, along with 20 civilian boats in stormy weather off the southern coast, the military said.