Body count grows, but no sign of missing plane

YANGON/SANLAN, Myanmar - The tally of retrieved bodies rose to 31 on Friday as Myanmar's hunt for a military transport plane that went missing over the Andaman Sea with 122 people on board stretched into a third day.

Heavy rains and churning seas hampered search efforts for victims of Wednesday's incident. Eight navy ships and sonar systems had joined the search, along with 20 civilian boats in stormy weather off the southern coast, the military said.

"We have not received any information about survivors," said Phyu Phyu Win, a regional social welfare and relief official. "Hopefully someone has survived."