Black box from crashed Myanmar army plane retrieved


  • World
  • Sunday, 18 Jun 2017

FILE PHOTO: Rescue workers in an helicopter search for a crashed military plane outside Launglon township, Myanmar June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

YANGON (Reuters) - Search teams retrieved the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a Myanmarese army plane that crashed into the Andaman Sea in early June with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board, the Myanmar military said on Sunday.

The Chinese-made Y-8-200F transport plane disappeared on June 7, while flying at 18,000 feet (5,485 metres) on a weekly flight from several southern coastal towns to Myanmar's largest city, Yangon. The cause of the crash has yet to be determined.

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