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NEWS-Plane Carrying 44 People Crash



Plane Carrying 44 People Crashes in Burma, at Least 7 Killed

               AP
               27-JAN-98

               RANGOON, Burma (AP) A passenger plane crashed and caught
fire today while
               trying to take off from a city on Burma's west coast.
Authorities said at least seven
               people died. 

               Three foreigners two French citizens and one Italian were
among the dead,
               according to officials who spoke on condition of
anonymity. The victims' names
               were not made public. 

               Authorities said the plane, operated by the state-owned
Myanmar Airways, was
               taking off from Thandwe, 150 miles northwest of Rangoon,
when it suddenly swerved
               to the right on the runway. 

               The Fokker Friendship F-27 crashed, catching fire after
most of the passengers
               were evacuated, the officials said. 

               Seven people were reported killed and several others were
injured. 

               Thandwe is near a Ngapali, a beach resort on the Bay of
Bengal.