5 killed, 11 injured in emergency landing in Burma

PanARMENIAN.Net - Two people, including a young child, have been killed and another 11 injured during an emergency landing in Burma, officials say, according to BBC News.

The Air Bagan plane was carrying more than 60 passengers, many of whom were foreign nationals.T he Fokker-100 was on its way from the city of Rangoon to Heho airport in Shan state when it crash landed about 3km (two miles) from the runway.

A fire in one of the engines may have caused the accident.

Heho is the gateway to the popular destination of Inle Lake in Shan state.

Government officials confirmed an 11-year-old child was found dead inside the plane. A motorcyclist near Heho airport was also killed when the Fokker jet made its emergency landing.

Four foreign nationals and two pilots were among the wounded, airport authorities said.

"The cause of the accident is not clear yet. Only the pilots will now the cause, but we can't contact them yet as they have been sent to hospital," Air Bagan spokesman Ye Min Oo said in a statement.

Sources told the AFP that a fire had broken out in one of the engines.

Air Bagan is one of handful of privately owned carriers flying domestic routes in Burma. The airline operates two Fokker-100 jets, which are no longer being manufactured.