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A military plane has disappeared over Myanmar with 105 people on board.
The plane went missing at 1.35pm local time (7:05am UK time) as it flew from Myeik to Yangon, the country's army said.
A major search and rescue effort has been scrambled to search for the plane, which was 20 miles west of Dawei over the Andaman Sea when it lost communication and vanished.
There are reports the plane has crashed into the sea but these are unconfirmed.
The passengers are believed to be servicemen based in the coastal region of Myeik in the Southeast Asian nation and their relatives and children.
Freelance journalist Kayleigh Long, based in Myanmar, reported 90 "military personnel" were on the domestic flight.
A local aviation official said 105 people crew were on board Chinese-built Shaanxi Y-8 aircraft.
According to local media, planes are used to fly military families based in remote locations to cities once a month.
The cause of the disappearance is not yet known but it is not understood to be weather related.
A source told the AFP news agency: "We think it was a technical failure. Weather is fine there."
Last February, five people were killed when a military plane crashed in the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw when it burst into flames soon after taking off.
Aviation travel is busy in the country, partly to make up for the country's poor road and rail infrastructure.
