Mysterious explosion in Stung Treng province

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Thai military UAVs seem to crash every other year up along the northern border, probably another one.
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May have actually been part of a failed Chinese satellite launch: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/05/23/l ... 33-launch/
Chinese social media posts also showed pictures of the Long March 4C’s exhaust contrail twisted in the upper atmosphere shortly after its launch, which occurred at 6:49 a.m. Beijing time Thursday.

China’s official Xinhua news agency confirmed suspicions that the launch failed in a brief statement released Thursday. Xinhua reported that the Long March 4C’s third stage failed, after good performance by the rocket’s first and second stages during the climb into space from Taiyuan.


Time of launch matches the reported time of explosions.
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Stung Treng, Cambodia News: An explosion in the sky has occurred on the Cambodian-Lao border area, shocking the local people. After the explosion in the sky, many pieces of metal have fallen to the ground.

The incident occurred at 6:10 am on May 23, 2019, in the border area of ​​Cambodia-Laos border, Stung Treng Province. The blast was suspected to have been caused by an unmanned drone falling onto the ground. Authorities and citizens have collected fragments from the explosion.

At the time of the explosion yesterday morning, nobody could say what was the cause. But later sources reported that Lao authorities also notified authorities in Cambodia that the blast was the Chinese spacecraft that flew into the air and exploded, with pieces falling into five provinces in southern Laos, and also into Cambodia's province bordering Laos.
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More photos of the debris here: https://kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/article/850221.html
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Those can tear tabs on the ground are a big clue as to what happened.
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Duncan wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 7:07 pm Image

Those can tear tabs on the ground are a big clue as to what happened.
Definitely looks like a clue. ;-)
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Ooops!
You could be next.
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it looks like a bit of ionised carbonistioned insuntoxided prexide from a wharf-driven fluxuated regulatory capsule to me. I wonder where the accompanying hatchel driven rotary pistons are?
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