Joby Aviation Inc., a startup vying to be among the first to fly a new class of electric air taxis, said one of its aircraft was involved in an accident, sending the shares tumbling. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
MQ-9 Reaper Crashes on Runway at Holloman Air Force Base
An MQ-9 Reaper from Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, lands at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, July 8, 2021.
At about 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 6 on Holloman Air Force Base an MQ-9 Reaper crashed on the runway during takeoff. Continue reading
RQ-4 Global Hawk Crashes in North Dakota
Airman 1st Class Bryant Vides-Perlera, a crew chief assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, pulls chocks beside an RQ-4 Global Hawk as it’s towed across the flight line at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 23, 2020
A US Air Force RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk crashed at approximately 7:00 a.m. Central Standard Time today in a rural field near Gilby, North Dakota. Continue reading
Drone Slams into Building in World Trade Center
A drone struck a skyscraper in the World Trade Center complex and became lodged on the building’s facade Monday afternoon, landing the operator in custody.
NASA’s X-56B Destroyed During Research Test Flight
At approximately 7:35 a.m. on July 10th, the X-56B, a remotely piloted experimental aircraft, experienced an incident shortly after takeoff from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Continue reading
Drone Flew Close to Aircraft Wing at Helsinki Airport
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom just announced that a serious incident occurred near Helsinki Airport on 13 May 2021, when a drone flew close to an aircraft wing when the aircraft was taking off. The agency considers the occurrence a serious incident and stresses that anyone operating a drone must be aware of prohibited and restricted airspace areas.
London Air Ambulance in Near Miss with Drone
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. Continue reading
Crew Ordered to Crash MQ-9 After ‘Catastrophic’ Fuel Leak
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. Continue reading