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A Myanmar passenger jet packed with foreign tourists crash-landed and burst into flames in a field in eastern Shan state, killing at least two people and injuring 11 others, officials have said.
Air Bagan said a Burmese tour guide on the plane was killed and a motorcyclist on the ground also perished.
Two pilots were among those taken to hospital, according to Air Bagan spokesman Ye Min Oo.
"The cause of the accident is not clear yet. Only the pilots will know the cause, but we can't contact them yet as they have been sent to hospital," he said.
Fifty-one foreigners were among the 63 passengers, according to the information ministry.
Two Americans, two Britons and one Korean man were among those taken to the hospital in nearby Taunggyi, according to Air Bagan, which described the incident as an "emergency landing".
Two French nationals were also slightly injured, according to a French embassy official in Yangon.
Ageing aircraft
Black smoke was seen billowing from the charred wreckage of the Air Bagan aircraft, which came down near Heho airport, the gateway to the popular tourist destination of Inle Lake.
The ageing Fokker-100 jet crashed while attempting to land in heavy fog, breaking its tail and catching fire, according to the ministry.
"Because of the emergency landing near the airport, the plane broke up in the middle," a government official said, adding that passengers were evacuated.
Air Bagan is one of several domestic carriers seeking to profit from a tourist boom in Myanmar as it emerges from decades of military rule.
Yangon International Airport, the country's main terminal, is set to exceed its limit of 2.7 million passengers this year and the Department of Civil Aviation warned in July it needed urgent upgrading.
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