Large metal cylinder crashes to earth in Myanmar

Strong possibility that 4.5m-long object which landed in northern mining area was part of Chinese satellite

A large metal cylinder thought to be part of a Chinese rocket has crashed in a jade mining area in Myanmar.

State media published images of the 4.5m-long (15ft) drum resting in mud on property owned by a mining company in Hpakank, in the northern state of Kachin.