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A Soviet-era reconnaissance drone flying across Hungary from Ukraine has crashed near the Croatian capital of Zagreb, leaving a big hole in the ground, the Croatian government says. An explosion was heard near Lake Jarun in Zagreb at around 11pm on Thursday. Police said several vehicles had been damaged and two parachutes found. Continue reading
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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