Accidents
An Air Combat Command accident investigation board report released Thursday said the Predator, forward deployed from the 432nd Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, crashed on Oct. 17, 2015, after "experiencing electronic systems failure and loss of control due to a lightning strike." The remotely piloted aircraft
Military
Not much ever makes it into the general media about Unmanned Aerial Systems like the Lockheed Martin Stalker XE, but two of them were destroyed in accidents in Victoria last week that are now being investigated by the ATSB. Last Monday October 24 one of the three metre wingspan UASs
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Drones will be deliberately smashed into passenger jets as part of a radical testing programme triggered by fears of a catastrophe in British skies. Ministers ordered the tests after a series of near misses, some near major airports. They have committed more than £250,000 to pay for a private
Military
The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan has claimed to capture a surveillance drone in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.The group’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the drone was downed in Merano village of Behsud district of Nangarhar province. He claimed that the drone which seems to be of ScanEagle
Accidents
Technical problems are to blame for the majority of drone-related accidents rather than their operators, according to researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Researchers Dr Graham Wild and Dr Glenn Baxter from RMIT University’s School of Engineering, along with John Murray from Edith Cowan University, completed the
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A multimillion-pound drone was scrapped after it crashed at a Ceredigion airfield, according to a declassified report. The 70st (450kg) unarmed, unmanned air vehicle (UAV) crashed at Aberporth airfield during a test flight in October 2014. It was part of the Army's £1.16bn Watchkeeper surveillance drone
Accidents
A woman has died and a man has been left critically injured in a car accident after being chased by police over suspicions they were trying to fly a drone into a prison. The crash occurred early on Tuesday (August 9) near Wandsworth Bridge, London, as the couple were followed
Commercial
A passenger plane landed at Newquay Airport with 62 people on board has narrowly missed colliding with a drone in the latest incident to spark concern about the gadgets. Police launched an investigation after the incident on Wednesday afternoon and were appealing for information on the operator of the drone.
Accidents
An investigation is underway to try and find the reason that caused a Heron – 1 made by Israel aerospace industries (IAI) to crash on Tuesday morning near Um el Fahem. Ten people were taken to a hospital after suffering from the smoke that was caused by the fire ignited by
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The wreckage of an aircraft which fished out by fishermen off Arthunkal coast are the parts of the crashed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Navy. The Navy officials said that the parts of craft are the Israel made Searcher UAV which crashed off Kochi coast nine miles away on
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The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan has claimed the fighters of the group have shot down a drone in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. The group shared a photo of the downed drone captured which is apparently a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle used by the Afghan forces. The Taliban said
Accidents
Images have emerged of a strange drone shaped like a real bird that was found crashed in Somalia, leading to claims it was being used to spy on targets. The metal bird, which is shaped to mimic a large bird of prey with 'feathered' wings, is reported to