On Wednesday afternoon, the transport plane Shaanxi Y-8-200F of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Burma) disappeared from the radar screens, carrying 122 people (14 crew members, 35 servicemen and members of military families, including 15 children).

The board was sent from the city of Miei, located on the southern coast of the country, to the city of Yangon. Communication with the crew was interrupted after 29 minutes after take-off, when the aircraft was over the Andaman Sea 20 cities west of the city of Tawa (Dawei). In the course of the search and rescue operation involving three aircraft and six sea vessels in the sea, fragments were found, presumably belonging to the missing aircraft. The search and rescue operation continues. On the coast, more than 300 people are involved in the search, including firefighters, emergency and medical personnel.

Shaanxi Y-8 transport aircraft manufactured in China. It was developed on the basis of the Soviet military transport aircraft An-12. Aircraft of this type are in service with the Air Force of the People's Republic of China, Venezuela, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sudan, Tanzania, Sri Lanka.