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Screengrab of the Google Maps Satellite Image of Naypyitaw Airport
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Satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by The Associated Press show the earthquake toppled the air traffic control tower at Naypyitaw International Airport.
The photos taken Saturday (March 29, 2025) show the tower toppled over as if sheared from its base. Debris lay scattered from the top of the tower, which controlled all air traffic in the capital of Myanmar.
It wasn’t immediately clear if there had been any injuries in the collapse, though the tower would have had staff inside of it at the time of the earthquake Friday. It likely also stopped air traffic into the international airport, given all electronics and radar would have been routed into the tower for controllers.
Flights carrying rescue teams from China have landed at the airport in Yangon instead of going directly to the airports in the major stricken cities of Mandalay and Naypyitaw.
Published – March 29, 2025 06:13 pm IST
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Control tower at Myanmar’s Naypyitaw Airport collapsed in earthquake, satellite photos show
