Four foreigners traveling on the Christmas morning flight were among the injured, Deputy Information Minister Ye Htut said on his Facebook page. He said the fatalities included an 11-year-old child believed to be a Myanmar citizen and a man riding a motorcycle on the road where the plane landed.[break]
The flight was carrying 65 passengers and six crew members from Yangon, Myanmar´s largest city, to Heho airport in Shan State, which is the gateway to a popular tourist destination, Inle Lake, Air Bagan said in a statement.
Airport officials in Heho said that injured passengers were taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Taunggyi for treatment.
Air Bagan said the emergency landing was made on a road about 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Heho airport. It did not explain why the plane, a Fokker-100, made the emergency landing.
Air Bagan is one of five private airlines that flies domestic routes in Myanmar. It is a unit of Htoo Trading Company, which is owned by business tycoon Tay Za.
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