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
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
Downed Bayraktar TB2 of Snake Island Battle Found in Romania
An unmanned aerial vehicle model Bayraktar TB2 with the insignia of the Ukrainian army was pulled out of the territorial waters between Sulina and Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania, two miles from the coast. It happened in mid-May, and Romanian authorities believe the drone took part in the battle over Snake Island on May 7th and 8th. Continue reading
Hermes 900 Crashes Near Popular Philippines Resort
A Hermes 900 drone of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed Saturday morning near a popular mountain resort in Baungon town in Bukidnon province on Saturday afternoon, May 28. The military reported no casualties or major damage to any private property. Continue reading
Downed Russian Fighters Found with GPS ‘Taped to Dashboards’
Wrecked Russian fighter jets are being found with rudimentary GPS receivers “taped to the dashboards” in Ukraine because their inbuilt navigation systems are so bad, the UK’s defense secretary, Ben Wallace, said. Continue reading
Drone Carrying Guns from US Crashes into Tree in Canada
Authorities in Canada are investigating an incident involving a drone carrying firearms over the border from the United States. Officers were called at 8:30 a.m. on April 29 to the site along the St. Clair River, police said, noting its believed the guns were coming from the United States. Continue reading
Russians Fake a TB-2 Drone Shoot-Down
Recently, Russian forces apparently tried to create the impression they’ve shot down more of Ukraine’s TB-2s than they actually have, by staging old drone wreckage in a very sloppy mimicry of a recent crash. Continue reading
Pilot and Instructor Faulted in Crash that Destroyed $64M Global Hawk
A drone pilot and an instructor at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., failed to realize an RQ-4 was 4,000 feet too high as it started its final approach and didn’t select the proper commands, leading the unmanned aerial system to overshoot the base and crash nearly seven miles away, according to a new accident investigation board report. Continue reading
Researchers Drone Crash Caused Fire in Colorado
Boulder County Sheriff’s Office investigators have concluded the investigation into the cause and origin of the Table Mountain Fire, which occurred on April 20, 2022. Continue reading