Accidents
An air ambulance helicopter came within yards of colliding with a drone over London as it flew a critically-ill patient to hospital. The remote-controlled craft hovered just below the chopper as it circled above the Royal London Hospital, a report has revealed. The UK Airprox Board, which investigates near misses,
Military
An MQ-9 suffered a catastrophic fuel leak while flying in an undisclosed area of Africa, prompting the crew to crash the Reaper as hard as possible into the ground to avoid a successful recovery of the aircraft, according to an Air Force investigation released June 4. The MQ-9, tail number
Accidents
A plane believed to be carrying one of Britain's most senior civil servants on a mission to protect the vaccination programme came within 100 yards of a potentially catastrophic crash with a suspected drone. The BAE-146 jet – an RAF aircraft used by members of the Royal Family and
Accidents
About 1,500 elegant tern eggs were abandoned by their parents after a drone crashed on a nesting island at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, California. Every April, thousands of elegant terns migrating from Central and South America nest in the sands of the Bolsa Chica Ecological
Aerial Photography
Watch the brand new DJI FPV drone crash right into the exploding lava fountain of Iceland's newest volcano - Fagradalsfjall in the Geldingadalir valley. This unique HD footage provides a rare view right into the volcano's caldera and lava fountain during one of its geysir-like eruptions.
Accidents
Air force soldiers responsible for operating the Iron Dome shot down an IDF drone during the recent fighting in Gaza because they mistakenly identified it as a hostile aircraft, causing great concern among IDF officials. This unusual incident sent shockwaves through the Air Force, which operates the Iron Dome air
Accidents
A locally developed UAV crashed on May 21st. into the ocean off southeastern Taiwan during a military mission. There were no reports of injuries. The Rui Yuan (銳鳶, Sharp Hawk) long-range surveillance drone, used by the Naval Maritime Tactical Reconnaissance Group, took off from a training field in Taitung County’
Commercial
A DJI Phantom 4 RTK unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was being operated in an automated flight mode when one of the four propellers detached whilst in-flight. The aircraft rapidly descended and struck the ground. The incident occurred on 2 Dec 2020. No one was injured. The UAS, a DJI Phantom
Weapons Systems
The IDF said Saturday it spotted a squad of Hamas terrorists about to launch an explosives-laden drone at Israel, but instead had the drone crash onto the two terrorists, killing them. “The IDF thwarted an attempt by Hamas terror operatives in Gaza City to launch a drone armed with explosives
Accidents
An Israeli investigation into last year’s crash of a drone ordered by the Swiss army has found that the cause was a structural design flaw which has since been fixed. The Hermes 900 HFE unmanned aircraft crashed during a test flight last August in the Israeli desert, where it
Military
One of our astute readers in Myanmar forwarded these photos of a mystery drone that crash-landed in rural Myanmar and is probably operated by the Myanmar Airforce. The accident occurred not so far from Pyin Oo Lwin, Central Myanmar on 5th May. Our source understands that this is a Chinese
Accidents
Flights were suspended temporarily at Auckland Airport on the night of April 27th. causing some international and domestic arrival delays after a drone was spotted by a pilot. A Barrier Air flight pilot saw the drone at 5pm, reporting it came within around 30m of the aircraft. Airways NZ head