Myanmar's Mandalay airport shuts after drone attack
Myanmar Airways International said all international flights were suspended and domestic flights were diverted after six drones hit the airport, officials said.
- On Friday, Sept 11, Myanmar's second-busiest airport at Mandalay closed for two days following a drone attack. Security sources told AFP six "suicide drones" struck the area on Thursday, Sept 10.
- The military-backed government blamed the raid on pro-democracy guerrillas known as the People's Defence Forces, who took up arms following the 2021 coup. It described the airport as "a non-military, public transportation system."
- Both rebel groups and the Myanmar military now use drones in a civil war that monitors say has killed more than 100,000 people. The military relies on Chinese- and Russian-made jets to fend off factions.
- While the military-backed government claimed the attack caused no casualties but disrupted flight schedules, a second security officer confirmed Mandalay would be "closed for maintenance" until Sunday. This strike marked a rare rebel attack in a major urban stronghold.
- Myanmar's conflict escalated after the 2021 coup ended a decade-long democratic experiment by toppling the government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The military remains on the offensive against various guerrilla groups across the nation.
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Myanmar resistance drone strike forces Mandalay airport shutdown
Myanmar's resistance fighters launched drone attacks on a military air base inside Tada-U International Airport near Mandalay, prompting the airport's closure. The strike underscored the growing use of drones in the conflict and exposed military vulnerability at a heavily guarded site.
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Myanmar resistance group says it hit a military air base at Mandalay airport with drones
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Friday its armed wing launched drone attacks on a military air base that shares a compound with an international airport serving the country’s second-largest city, forcing the airport to shut down.
This article is from Cedarnews.net. We provide the best information and support for our clients. On the afternoon of September 10th, Dada Oo Air Base near Mandalay Airport was attacked by six FPV (first-person view) suicide drones. As a result of the attack, flights to and from Mandalay Airport have been suspended. Cedarnews الإخباري. العاجلة والتقارير الحصرية، زوروا موقعنا الرسمي.
The drone strike took place at Tada-U Airport, located south of Mandalay in central Myanmar. Footage posted on social media shows the drone striking the aircraft's nose, which houses some of the aircraft's on-board electronics and flight control systems. The Yak-130 is a two-seat jet trainer and light attack aircraft developed in the early 1990s by Russia's Yakovlev Design Bureau. It is used to train combat aircraft pilots but can also be used a…
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