On Thursday, 1,600 people in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View lost their electricity when a white-haired white man driving a white car flew a (white?) drone into a high-voltage wire. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
Fuel System Failure Caused 2016 Reaper Syrian Crash
A US Air Force MQ-9A that crashed in northern Syria on July 5, 2016, was brought down by a failure of the fuel control unit, according to an Accident Investigation Board report released Wednesday. Continue reading
Holloman AFB Investigates MQ-9 Reaper Crash
A spokesperson with Holloman Air Force Base has confirmed that they are at the scene of a downed aircraft seven miles of Hwy 70 that happened before noon on Thursday. Continue reading
Private Drone Shot Out of the Sky in Georgia
On most evenings in Morgan County, Brad Jones would be outside of his home flying his drone and taking breathtaking shots of the sunsets; however, his hobby came to an abrupt end when the drone was shot out of the sky. Continue reading
IAI Updates Panther Design After Landing Mishap
After investigating the cause of a landing mishap involving its hybrid Panther unmanned air vehicle late last year, Israel Aerospace Industries is to update the vertical take-off and landing design’s fuselage and wing to boost performance. Continue reading
Indian Target Drone on Test Flight Crashes in Balasore
An unmanned air vehicle(UAV), Lakshya, on a routine trial mission developed by the Defence Research development organisation fell on an agricultural field today triggering panic among the seaside villages of Balasore district. The pilotless target aircraft fell in a field in Chandamuhi village under Baliapal block causing no injury or casualty to anyone.
Pilot Error Caused Reaper Crash
A pilot’s error during a “flame-out” training landing approach caused an MQ-9 Reaper to crash in the US Central Command area of operations, the Air Force announced. Continue reading
Israeli Skylark Shot Down by Syria Forces
An Israeli drone was downed in Syrian territory on Monday, the Israeli military said, confirming an earlier report in the Syrian and Lebanese media that the unmanned vehicle was shot down by Syrian aerial defense systems.