Myanmar’s Military Aircraft Skids Off Runway in Mizoram

Aizawl: A Myanmar military aircraft skidded off the runway at Mizoram’s Lengpui Airport. It had come to India to airlift Myanmar army personnel who had escaped into India’s Mizoram following intense clashes with rebel groups in their country.

The Myanmar military aircraft skidded off the tabletop runway at Lengpui during its landing.

According to the Assam Rifles, a total of 276 Myanmarese soldiers had entered Mizoram last week. On Monday 184 of them were sent back to Myanmar.

The Myanmar military aircraft that faced the accident during landing was to take back the rest Myanmar soldiers in India. These 276 Myanmar soldiers entered Bandukbanga village at the India-Myanmar-Bangladesh trijunction in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district on January 17, and approached the Assam Rifles for assistance.

The entire group was headed by a colonel and comprised 36 officers and 240 lower-rank personnel.