Burmese war refugees in Mizoram state confirmed to RFA that a military plane carrying military council troops who had fled to Mizoram state due to fighting in Rakhine state skidded off the runway at Lengpui airport near Aizawl on January 23rd, injuring eight people on board.
On the afternoon of January 23, a Burmese refugee in Aizawl told RFA that he heard that the injured are currently being sent to Aizawl Hospital.
"We know that there were 13 people on the plane. Eight of them were injured. There were broken heads and broken legs. At the moment, I heard that they were sent to the hospital in Aizawl city in three cars."
Are there only flight attendants on that military plane? On the afternoon of January 23, RFA called General Zaw Min Tun, who is the spokesman for the military council, to find out about the condition of the recalled Myanmar soldiers, but he did not pick up the phone.
Indian-based news media reported that a Myanmar military plane that was going to bring back Myanmar soldiers who crossed the border and entered Mizoram state last week over-speeded on landing at Lengpui airport near Aizawl in Mizoram state on January 23, injuring eight of the 13 crew members.
The plane was to bring back 184 Burmese soldiers who fled to Mizoram's Lawngtlai district last week due to fighting in Rakhine state, according to the Assam Rifles officers.
It is said that there are 276 Burmese soldiers who fled last week, and the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Myanmar Military Council have agreed to take them back in two batches.
them in India Mizoram State According to news reports based in India, it is planned to return to Sittwe in Rakhine State from Lengpui Airport near Aizawl.
The death toll from the landslide in China has risen to 20 people and 24 others are missing
The death toll from the landslide in a village in Jinqiong District, Yunnan Province, southwest China, has risen to 20 people, with 24 others missing.
China TV said on Tuesday: “20 people were confirmed dead and 24 others are still missing after a landslide hit a village in Jinqiong County, Yunnan Province, southwest China.”
A landslide occurred yesterday, Monday, at 5:51 a.m. local time, in the village of Liangshui, north of Jinxiong District, Yunnan Province in southwestern China.
Earlier, CCTV announced that "more than 200 people were urgently evacuated from the affected area, and 10 excavators, 33 fire engines, and more than 200 rescue men were sent."
Chinese media reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping urged all possible efforts to rescue those trapped underground and reduce the losses of the disaster.