MYANMAR MISSING PLANE CRASHED IN ANDAMAN SEA

MYANMAR MISSING PLANE CRASHED

 IN ANDAMAN SEA

120 പേരുമായി മ്യാൻമർ സൈനിക വിമാനം തകർന്നുവീണു

Myanmar’s military aircraft went missing Wednesday afternoon carrying 122 passengers, which included several army officers and children. A search operation was immediately launched by the army which carried on throughout the night. According to recent reports, the search crew has located the wreckage of the missing plane along with ten dead bodies, six adults and four children were found about 35 km (22 miles) off the southern coastal town of Launglon by navy and civilian ships. More than 40 ambulances and emergency staff have been sent to the fishing town near the southern coast where boats carrying bodies have arrived. The cause of the plane’s crash remains unclear at the moment. Investigators will get details of what happened once they recover the black box of the aircraft.:

Myanmar’s Y-8-200 F army plane went missing on Wednesday afternoon at around 1:06 pm (Myanmar local time). The Chinese-built military air carrier took off from the coastal town of Myeik and was on its way to city of Yangon when it disappeared.Earlier there were conflicting reports on the number of people on the plane, with initials report suggesting that there were 105 people on board. But later, the military confirmed the plane was on its weekly military visit to the largest city of Yangon, carrying a total of 122 passengers. The passengers included 108 soldiers with their family members, along with 14 crew members. According to a military statement cited by Reuters, there were 15 children, 58 adults and 35 soldiers and officers on the plane at the time of its disappearance.

According to military officials, the plane lost contact 29 minutes after taking off while flying 18,000 feet above Andaman Sea. “Communication was lost suddenly at about 1:35 PM (07:05 GMT) when it reached about 20 miles west of Dawei town,” the commander-in-chief’s office said in a statement, adding search and rescue was ongoing.On asking what went wrong with the plane, the official reason behind the loss of communication remains unknown. “We don’t know what exactly happened to this plane after the loss of contact,” said Kyaw Kyaw Htey, a civil aviation official at Myeik airport. He further added that the weather was “normal” with clear visibility when the plane took off.

After the plane went missing, the military launched a search operation. Nine navy ships and three military planes were dispatched to look for the missing aircraft. The military suspected that the plane may have crashed in the Andaman Sea. The military carried on the search operation throughout the night.At around 8:25 am on Thursday (Myanmar local time), the military said that they have found the wreckage of the plane along with some bodies in the Andaman Sea. “We have found the plane and some dead bodies this morning about 8.25 AM (0725 IST),” a spokesman for the military’s information team said.

പ​​​ട്ടാ​​​ള​​​ക്കാ​​​രും അ​​​വ​​​രു​​​ടെ കു​​​ടും​​​ബാം​​​ഗ​​​ങ്ങ​​​ളും ഉ​​​ൾ​​​പ്പെ​​​ടെ 120 പേ​​​രു​​​മാ​​​യി മ്യാ​​​ൻ​​​മ​​​ർ സൈ​​​നി​​​ക വി​​​മാ​​​നം ആ​​​ൻ​​​ഡ​​​മാ​​​ൻ സ​​​മു​​​ദ്ര​​​ത്തി​​​ൽ ത​​​ക​​​ർ​​​ന്നു​​​വീ​​​ണു. നാ​​​വി​​​ക ക​​​പ്പ​​​ലു​​​ക​​​ളും വി​​​മാ​​​ന​​​ങ്ങ​​​ളും ക​​​ട​​​ലി​​​ൽ തെ​​​ര​​​ച്ചി​​​ൽ ന​​​ട​​​ത്തു​​​ക​​​യാ​​​ണ്. ദ​​​ക്ഷി​​​ണ​​​ന​​​ഗ​​​ര​​​മാ​​​യ മി​​​യെ​​​ക്കി​​​ൽ​​​നി​​​ന്നു യാ​​​ങ്കോ​​​ണി​​​ലേ​​​ക്കു പോ​​​യ വി​​​മാ​​​ന​​​മാ​​​ണ് അ​​​പ​​​ക​​​ട​​​ത്തി​​​ൽ​​​പ്പെ​​​ട്ട​​​ത്. ഇ​​​ന്ന​​​ലെ ഉ​​​ച്ച​​​ക​​​ഴി​​​ഞ്ഞ് പ്രാ​​​ദേ​​​ശി​​​ക സ​​​മ​​​യം 1.35ന് ​​​വി​​​മാ​​​ന​​​വു​​​മാ​​​യു​​​ള്ള ബ​​​ന്ധം ന​​​ഷ്ട​​​പ്പെ​​​ട്ടെ​​​ന്നു ഗ്രൗ​​​ണ്ട് ക​​​ൺ​​​ട്രോ​​​ൾ അ​​​റി​​​യി​​​ച്ചു. വി​​​മാ​​​ന​​​ത്തി​​​ന്‍റേ​​​തെ​​​ന്നു സം​​​ശ​​​യി​​​ക്കു​​​ന്ന ചി​​​ല ഭാ​​​ഗ​​​ങ്ങ​​​ൾ സ​​​മു​​​ദ്ര​​​ത്തി​​​ൽ ക​​​ണ്ടെ​​​ത്തി​​​യെ​​​ന്ന് അ​​​ധി​​​കൃ​​​ത​​​ർ പ​​​റ​​​ഞ്ഞു. 

സൈ​​​നി​​​ക​​​രും കു​​​ടും​​​ബാം​​​ഗ​​​ങ്ങ​​​ളും ഉ​​​ൾ​​​പ്പെ​​​ടെ 106 പേ​​​രും 14 ജീ​​​വ​​​ന​​​ക്കാ​​​രു​​​മാ​​​ണു ചൈ​​​നീ​​​സ് നി​​​ർ​​​മി​​​ത വി​​​മാ​​​ന​​​ത്തി​​​ലു​​​ണ്ടാ​​​യി​​​രു​​​ന്ന​​​ത്. 18000 അ​​​ടി ഉ​​​യ​​​ര​​​ത്തി​​​ൽ പ​​​റ​​​ക്കു​​​ന്പോ​​​ഴാ​​​ണു വി​​​മാ​​​ന​​​വു​​​മാ​​​യു​​​ള്ള ക​​​മ്യൂ​​​ണി​​​ക്കേ​​​ഷ​​​ൻ ബ​​​ന്ധം നി​​​ല​​​ച്ച​​​ത്.മ്യാ​​​ൻ​​​മ​​​റി​​​ലെ മു​​​ൻ സൈ​​​നി​​​ക ഭ​​​ര​​​ണ​​​കൂ​​​ടം വാ​​​ങ്ങി​​​ക്കൂ​​​ട്ടി​​​യ വി​​​മാ​​​ന​​​ങ്ങ​​​ളാ​​​ണ് സ​​​ർ​​​വീ​​​സി​​​ലു​​​ള്ള​​​വ​​​യെ​​​ല്ലാം ത​​​ന്നെ. ഇ​​​വ​​​യി​​​ൽ പ​​​ല​​​തും കാ​​​ല​​​പ്പ​​​ഴ​​​ക്കം ചെ​​​ന്ന​​​താ​​​ണെ​​​ന്ന് ആ​​​രോ​​​പ​​​ണ​​​മു​​​ണ്ട്. മ​​​ൺ​​​സൂ​​​ൺ കാ​​​ല​​​മാ​​​ണെ​​​ങ്കി​​​ലും ഇ​​​ന്ന​​​ലെ സൈ​​​നി​​​ക വി​​​മാ​​​നം കാ​​​ണാ​​​താ​​​യ സ​​​മ​​​യ​​​ത്ത് കാ​​​ലാ​​​വ​​​സ്ഥ സാ​​​ധാ​​​ര​​​ണ​​​ഗ​​​തി​​​യി​​​ലാ​​​യി​​​രു​​​ന്നു​​​വെ​​​ന്നു പ​​​റ​​​യ​​​പ്പെ​​​ടു​​​ന്നു. വി​​​മാ​​​ന​​​ദു​​​ര​​​ന്ത​​​ത്തെ​​​ക്കു​​​റി​​​ച്ച് അ​​​ന്വേ​​​ഷ​​​ണം ആ​​​രം​​​ഭി​​​ച്ചി​​​ട്ടു​​​ണ്ട്.

Prof. John Kurakar