Airport in Myanmar's Mandalay attacked by drones

The drones were intercepted by air defence monitoring systems, with no casualties reported and some airport flights temporarily suspended.

11 Sep 2026 08:24pm
(FILES) A Myanmar Airways International passenger plane is parked at the Mandalay International Airport in Mandalay on Sept 18, 2025. Myanmar's second-busiest airport was closed for two days on Sept 11, 2026, security sources told AFP, after the military-backed government accused pro-democracy rebels of attacking it with drones. - (Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP)
(FILES) A Myanmar Airways International passenger plane is parked at the Mandalay International Airport in Mandalay on Sept 18, 2025. Myanmar's second-busiest airport was closed for two days on Sept 11, 2026, security sources told AFP, after the military-backed government accused pro-democracy rebels of attacking it with drones. - (Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP)

YANGON - Mandalay's Tada-U International Airport and its surrounding areas came under a drone attack on Thursday, reported Xinhua quoting a Global New Light of Myanmar report on Friday.

The drones were intercepted by air defence monitoring systems, with no casualties reported and some airport flights temporarily suspended, the report added.

It said "terrorists" attacked the area with six FPV drones on Thursday afternoon, while security forces successfully intercepted the drones and conducted the harmless disposal of explosives carried by them.

No injuries were reported, and no damage was caused to aircraft or airport runways, the report said.

Myanmar Airways International said Thursday on social media that all international flights to and from Mandalay's Tada-U International Airport have been temporarily suspended, while domestic flights will be diverted to alternative airports.

According to the report, Myanmar authorities have condemned the attack, saying it constitutes a war crime. Security forces are cooperating with the public to investigate the incident. - BERNAMA

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