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Forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) shot down what appears to be either a Predator or Reaper drone. The downing occurred August 22 near Bengazi. The drone was brought down with a man-portable surface-to-air missile system (MANPAD). Continue reading
A Tekever AR3 drone providing aerial surveillance to reduce migrant crossings ‘malfunctioned’ and plunged into the English Channel. Continue reading
A Chinese-made YFT-CZ35 VTOL fixed-wing UAV likely belonging to the Libyan National Army has been shot down in Libya, according to photographs released on social media. Continue reading
A drone being used to film the action at Henley Royal Regatta crashed into a spectator’s boat after malfunctioning. The incident happened on Wednesday last week when the device hit a hard-topped boat called Celtic Queen. Continue reading
A Ukrainian Tu-143 jet-powered drone, dating from the late Cold War era, has been shot down in western Russia, according to the claim of one local official. Continue reading
A British Airways flight came within 50 ft of smashing into a large drone over north London while coming in to land at Heathrow Airport, a report has revealed. Continue reading
Pavel Kashchuk, founder of the automotive site infocar.ua and host of the eponymous YouTube channel, posted images showing the wreckage of Merlin-VR unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
A Watchkeeper UK Army drone costing £30 million has plunged into the sea — the seventh in the £1.2 billion programme to crash. Continue reading