Three killed in Burma plane crash

A British person has been taken to hospital with injuries after a plane crash landed in Burma, the Foreign Office said.

Three other Britons have also been taken to hospital, along with all other passengers on board the flight, as a precautionary measure.

Three people were killed and 11 injured when an Air Bagan plane crash landed in Burma, officials said.

Two people were killed and at least 10 were injured when a plane packed with Christmas tourists missed an airport runway and landed in a rice paddy field in Burma, state television reported.

The Air Bagan plane landed beyond Heho airport in Shan state, killing an 11-year-old passenger and a motorcyclist on the ground, MRTV said.

At least 10 people were wounded, including the pilot, it was reported.

Air Bagan said the plane, which was carrying 63 passengers and six crew members, was forced to make an "emergency landing".

Witnesses said smoke filled the plane when it hit the ground and was still rising from the plane's badly charred wreckage hours later.

Airport officials in Heho said that injured passengers were taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Taunggyi for treatment.

Two people were killed and at least ten injured in a plane crash in Burma today, state television reported.

These pictures were taken at the scene.