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Burmese airliner crash-lands killing motorcyclist and 11-year-old passenger
25 Dec 2012 at 16:31hrs | Views
A Burmese airliner packed with Christmas tourists has crash-landed in central Burma, killing at least two people and injuring 11.
Burmese state television reports that four foreigners were among the injured.
The fatalities included an 11-year-old passenger on the plane thought to be a Burmese citizen and a man riding a motorcycle on the road where the plane came down on December 25.
The airline described the incident as an "emergency landing."
But Burmese authorities said the pilot mistook the road for a runway because of fog.
They say the aircraft made a hard landing on the road and caught on fire after coming to a stop in a rice paddy field.
Source - Online