Myanmar Airways flight arrives in Jakarta ahead of Asean summit

[JAKARTA] A Myanmar Airways International plane arrived in Jakarta on Saturday ahead of a summit of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on the crisis in Myanmar, according to data from monitor FlightRadar24.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta chief who was in charge of the Feb 1 coup in Myanmar that sparked the bloody crisis, was expected to be arriving on the flight, Myanmar Airways International MMA001.

But it was not immediately confirmed he was on board.

REUTERS