THE Myitkyina Airport, located in Myitkyina, Kachin State, operates regular flights connecting Myitkyina with Yangon, Mandalay, and other major cities in Myanmar where airports are situated. Among the airports in Kachin State, it plays a vital and central role in trade and transport services.
The KIA and PDF terrorist combined groups attacked the Myanmar National Airlines (MNA)’s ATR 72-600 passenger aircraft with FPV suicide drones at Myitkyina Airport at 8:12 pm on 20 February while the plane was preparing to depart for Mandalay after boarding passengers, and as a result, the attack caused minor damage to the front, middle and rear parts of the aircraft.
Such acts of terrorist groups commit war crimes in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and International Law, and the entire people strongly oppose and condemn them.
The Young Men’s Buddhist Association-YMBA (Central), Myanmar Interfaith Dialogue Group (Central), Myanmar Evangelical Christian Alliance, Union of Myanmar Methodist Church (Lower Myanmar), Faith Evangelical Church (Bago), Deliverance Church (Yangon), All Myanmar Hindu Central Council, All Myanmar Tamil Hindu Foundation (HQ), Thananta Dhamma Palaka (Hindu) Association, Islamic Religious Affairs Council Myanmar, Pinnaygone Yakhine Jaame Mosque, Buthidaung-Maungtaw Regional Development Association, Myanmar Artists Organization (Central), Myanmar Theatrical Association (Central), Myanmar Comedians’ Association, Myanmar Shiah Muslim Religious Organization, Myanmar Press Council, Myanmar Sports Media Federation, Myanmar Motion Pictures Organization, Myanmar Writers’ Association and Myanmar Music Association (Central) issued statements strongly condemning that terrorist attack.
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