Bad Weather Blamed For Myanmar Transport Aircraft Crash

KUALA LUMPUR—Bad weather has been blamed for the fatal crash of a Myanmar military transport aircraft on June 7. A Myanmar Air Force Avic Y-8F 200 transporter plunged into the Andaman Sea while flying to Yangon, the country’s largest city, from the southern coastal town of Myeik, killing all 122...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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