Confused Handling of MY'n Plane Cra (r)

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I wonder how they thought They should keep it secrete unknown to the world,
it's a tupid thing.
At 09:24 AM 8/31/98, you wrote:
>Re: Confused Handling of MY'n Plane Crash Sparks Conspiracy Theories
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>The question is , does confusion really looms within the military regime 
>in Burma? 
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>>Officials confirmed only Saturday that the Myanmar Airways Fokker-27 
>>had crashed, five days after it went missing in bad weather during a 
>>scheduled domestic flight. But even that announcement, carried in >the 
>official New Light of Myanmar daily, conceded only that it was
>>"probable" there were no survivors and did not indicate how many had 
>>been on board the aircraft.
>>Airline officials had variously said there were 36 or 39 passengers 
>>and crew, all of them Myanmar nationals. Aviation sources in Yangon 
>>said most of the passengers were military officers and their >families.
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>We don't see why too many officials were issuing conflicting statements 
>and yet they carried no specific details about the identities and states 
>of the passengers and where about the plane had crashed. 
>
>A lot of questions have been raised in connection with this unfortunate 
>news.
> 
>What took them so long to find out the actual facts about the crash? 
>
>Has the SPDC been too preoccupied with their own personal affairs at 
>Rangoon to take care about the plane crash?
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>Has it lost its controls in the northern states? 
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>Does the  SPDC has something to hide? 
>
>In a centralised military intelligence controlled state like Burma,it is 
>not possible that the MIs did not have any details about anybody's 
>movements including the military officers and their families. 
>
>So, what seems to be the problems?
>
>Minn Kyaw Minn
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>>Confused handling of Myanmar plane crash sparks conspiracy theories
>>Mon 31 Aug 98 - 05:46 GMT
>>BANGKOK, Aug 31 (AFP) - A Myanmar passenger jet plunged into a 
>mountainside,
>>killing
>>all on board. Or did it? And how many were on board anyway?
>>Analysts highlight the confusion over the apparent air disaster as 
>another
>>example of spin
>>doctors from the isolated state at play, saying their handling of the 
>saga was
>>either conspiratorial
>>or simply incompetent.
>>Officials confirmed only Saturday that the Myanmar Airways Fokker-27 
>had
>>crashed, five days
>>after it went missing in bad weather during a scheduled domestic 
>flight. But
>>even that
>>announcement, carried in the official New Light of Myanmar daily, 
>conceded
>>only that it was
>>"probable" there were no survivors and did not indicate how many had 
>been on
>>board the
>>aircraft.
>>Airline officials had variously said there were 36 or 39 passengers and 
>crew,
>>all of them
>>Myanmar nationals. Aviation sources in Yangon said most of the 
>passengers were
>>military
>>officers and their families.
>>"It's really been a complete shambles," said one western diplomat in 
>the
>>Myanmar capital.
>>"From the day it went missing until now they have failed to tell us 
>what the
>>true situation is. God
>>help us if an international carrier comes down here with lots of people 
>on
>>board."
>>Airline officials Monday said the flight from Yangon to the 
>northeastern town
>>of Tachilek had
>>simply gone missing after being ordered to divert to another airport 
>because
>>of poor visibility.
>>The pilot had been told to land at the Myanmar town of Heho or the 
>northern
>>Thai city of
>>Chiang Mai, rather than Tachilek, in Shan state, within the "Golden 
>Triangle"
>>opium-growing
>>area.
>>The officials claimed the following day that the plane had landed 
>safely at an
>>airport in
>>neighbouring Laos and that all on board were safe. Then they said it 
>had in
>>fact landed in a field
>>in Laos, but that everyone was safe.
>>A flurry of contradictory reports followed before confirmation came 
>Friday,
>>from Thai military
>>officials who had helped search for the plane, that the aircraft had 
>crashed
>>within Myanmar and
>>that all on board were dead.
>>The confusion has sparked a range of conspiracy theories, from it being 
>an
>>attempted cover-up
>>to protect the already shaky reputation of Myanmar's carriers and 
>shield its
>>fledgling tourism
>>industry, to talk of bombs and hijackings.
>>"I don't think many people really believe it was an attack of some 
>kind," said
>>another foreign
>>diplomat in Yangon.
>>"But I could buy the cover-up theory. A crash certainly doesn't help 
>the
>>reputation of the airline
>>or the country, as other countries have found out. But how could they
>>seriously believe they
>>could cover up the loss of a plane and all those people? It was pretty 
>badly
>>bungled."
>>Other diplomats said the saga was more likely the result of 
>disorganisation
>>and incompetence
>>on the part of some officials in an impoverished country whose 
>bureaucracy is
>>not known for its
>>efficiency.
>>"Everything moves pretty slowly here, so it's not surprising they were 
>so slow
>>in responding to a
>>plane crash," added one.
>>"Perhaps the airline really did believe it had landed in Laos, though 
>you have
>>to wonder who
>>told them that originally. If it wasn't the pilot -- who obviously 
>wasn't
>>speaking at that time --
>>then it should have been Lao officials, or maybe the Thais. But I don't 
>think
>>they would just
>>make it up.
>>"Unless, of course, we are talking about two different planes -- one 
>that
>>crashed and one that
>>didn't. Anything is possible in Burma."
>>
>>
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