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Deadly Myanmar mine disaster caused by poor planning, say data sleuths

First scientific study of Myanmar’s worst mining accident reveals that human error contributed to the 2020 disaster that killed at least 172 people.
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A detailed analysis of satellite and remote-sensing data has uncovered poor conditions at the Wai Khar jade mine in northern Myanmar, where a landslide last July killed more than 170 people.

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Nature 595, 160-161 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01740-2

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