Myanmar plane missing

Myanmar June 07: A military plane has disappeared over Myanmar with 116 people on board.

The country's army said that the plane went missing at 1.35pm local time (7:05 am UK time) as it flew from Myeik to Yangon.

The plane left the southern coastal town of Myeik in the early afternoon and was bound for Myanmar's largest city of Yangon, but it lost contact about 20 miles (32 km) west of the town of Dawei and has been declared missing, the military said.

The passengers are believed to be relatives of servicemen based in the coastal region of the southeast Asian nation.

A source told the media that "We think it was a technical failure. Weather is fine there."