A damning Ministry of Defence report into the UK government department’s safety oversight systems has revealed when two unmanned aerial vehicles crashed into the sea off Wales. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
Belgian Hunter Crashes in Portugal
A Belgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed near Portugal’s Beja air base on 10 October, Portuguese media have reported. Continue reading
Drone Hits Army Black Hawk over Staten Island
Army Black Hawk helicopter damaged by a drone over Staten Island.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter was struck by a drone at approximately 500 feet over a residential neighborhood on Staten Island. The helicopter, based out of Fort Bragg, N.C., was in New York City for the United Nations patrol. Continue reading
Israel Grounds Skylark Fleet After Two New Crashes
An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark drone, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, on January 21, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/Israel Defense Forces)
Two small IDF drones crashed in the West Bank on Monday, the latest Israeli unmanned aircraft to go down in recent months, for as yet unclear reasons, the army said. Continue reading
DJI Phantom Crash Injures Woman at Vegas Hotel Pool
A young woman lounging by the pool at the Palms Place resort in Las Vegas, was injured when a DJI Phantom drone fell on her. She suffered a deep cut in her leg. Continue reading
MQ-1 Predator Crash in Southeast Turkey
U.S. emergency responders and local police are on scene where a U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft crashed in a field approximately 200 miles east of Adana, Turkey. Continue reading
Predator Crashes on Takeoff from Incirlik
While departing Incirlik Air Base, a U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft crashed at approximately 10:15 p.m. local time, Aug. 17, 2017, near Adana, Turkey. Continue reading
Palestine Returns Crashed Skylark to Israel
Palestinian security forces recovered a small Israeli drone that crashed in the northern West Bank on Tuesday morning, handing it over to the IDF through the Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration, the army said. Continue reading