[Internacional] Air Bagan plane crash kills at least two in Myanmar

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Myanmar

Air Bagan plane crash kills at least two in Myanmar


A Myanmar plane carrying 65 passengers has crash-landed in the eastern state of Shan, killing two people and injuring dozens more. Officials have said that an engine fire may have forced the emergency landing.


The plane, a Fokker-100, was forced to make an emergency landing two miles (3.2 kilometers) from Heho airport, said the aircraft's carrier Air Bagan.

"One passenger who was missing was found dead inside the plane. We are still trying to identify who the dead passenger is," the carrier announced in a statement posted on its Facebook page.

The victim was an 11-year-old child, according to the information ministry, which added that four foreigners were among those injured.

Another person was killed when the plane struck a motorcycle on a road near the airport, it said.

The cause of the incident were not immediately clear, but a government official said a fire was reported in one of the engines at around 9 a.m. local time (02:30 GMT).

The two pilots were taken to hospital, however their condition was not immediately known. Air Bagan spokesman Ye Min Oo said.

"The cause of the accident is not clear yet. Only the pilots will know the cause, but we can't contact them yet as they have been sent to hospital," he said.

Following a slew of recent political reforms, Myanmar, also known as Burma, has seen an influx of tourists and business travellers after decades of military rule kept them away. Air Bagan is one of several domestic carriers seeking to profit from the new tourist boom.

Air Bagan was the country's first privately run carrier when it was established in 2004 and is owned by Tay Za, a tycoon with links to the former military government.

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Li boatos em uma matéria pela manha que de acordo com o autor da matéria que escreveu no idioma jornalês clássico, "uma turbina havia explodido".

Filtrando a notícia, constatamos que houve indícios de falha em um dos motores, nada comprovado ainda.


A empresa opera acho que dois ou três F-100, nenhum deles vindos da TAM.

Complementando a notícia, segue abaixo link com um press release divulgado pela companhia.

http://www.airbagan.com/press-release.htm

Ao que tudo indica, havia 65 pessoas a bordo e após o acidente apenas duas fatalidades, uma de um passageiro e outra de uma pessoal em solo.

Péssima notícia para uma dia de natal.