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Myanmar fighter jet crashes as pressure grows on military regime | News<\/p>\n
Anti-coup forces say they shot down plane, but military says crash was result of a technical problem.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A fighter jet has crashed in eastern Myanmar amid increasing pressure from anti-coup forces on the generals who seized power in a coup in 2021.<\/p>\n The Sit-Tat jet crashed in Kayah State near the border with Thailand on Saturday with the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) claiming it had shot down the plane.<\/p>\n However, military spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told state-run MRTV the aircraft came down because of a technical issue and that both pilots ejected safely. He said it had been on a training flight.<\/p>\n The crash comes with the military facing the most serious challenge from anti-coup forces since it seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.<\/p>\n An alliance of ethnic armed groups in northern Shan state launched an offensive two weeks ago that has captured a series of towns and dozens of military outposts near the border with China, emboldening groups in other parts of Myanmar to step up their campaigns against the generals.<\/p>\n About 50,000 people have been displaced in Shan State, and 40,000 in neighbouring Sagaing and Kachin states, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n A statement posted on the KNDF\u2019s Facebook page said fire from heavy machine guns hit the fighter in its fuselage and a wing before it crashed far from the battlefield leaving a trail of smoke.<\/p>\n The KNDF and the Karenni Army \u2014 the armed wing of the Karenni National Progressive Party \u2014 credited their members for bringing down the plane.<\/p>\n Mizzima, a Myanmar news outlet,\u00a0posted images of what it said were the abandoned helmet and parachute of one of the pilots.<\/p>\n The KNDF is among dozens of groups that have been battling to restore democracy in Myanmar following the military\u2019s removal of Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>
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