A US Navy unmanned aircraft that disappeared along the coast in central Libya in June was probably shot down by Colonel Gadhafi’s forces, a U.S. military investigation has concluded.
According to Lieutenant Commander Mark Walton – a spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 6th Fleet – the unmanned Fire Scout that disappeared on June 21 was not brought down by mechanical failure or operator error.
The location of the crash along with the fighting going on there made it impossible for investigators to examine the wreckage or the crash site, so they can’t be completely sure what happened, Walton said. As a result, he said they came to the ‘logical conclusion’ that it was probably shot down.
The Fire Scout was unarmed and conducting a surveillance mission for NATO when officials suddenly lost radar contact with it.
According to officials, this is the first time a Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout has been lost in combat.
Source: The Daily Mail