Air Bagan plane skids off Myanmar runway

26 Jul, 2015

A Myanmar passenger plane skidded off the runway on landing during heavy rain at Yangon International Airport, the carrier said on Saturday, leaving one injured. The Air Bagan ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, carrying 49 passengers from the central city of Mandalay, "veered slightly off the runway due to bad weather and heavy rain" on landing Friday evening, the airline said in a statement posted on Facebook.

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