Myanmar's biggest airport closes after plane skids off runway, flights diverted

Myanmar’s largest airport was forced to close temporarily after a military plane skidded off the runway, forcing inbound international flights to be diverted, an official at the civil aviation department said on Thursday. A Chinese-made Y-8-200F transport plane slid off the runway at Yangon international airport in the morning after one of its engines failed, according to a government statement. There were no injuries reported, but outbound flights were delayed and inbound flights suspended. “We are in a situation that the airport has temporarily shut down,” said Ye Htut Aung, Deputy DG of Myanmar’s Department of Civil Aviation. International flights would not resume until the aircraft could be removed, he said.<br/>