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
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
Skylark Crashes in Southern Gaza
A small Israeli drone crashed in the southern Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday, the army said, in the third such incident this year. Continue reading
Drone Causes Disruption at UK’s Gatwick Airport
A drone flying close to Gatwick Airport led to the closure of the runway and forced five flights to be diverted. An airport spokesman said the runway had been closed for two periods on Sunday – of nine and five minutes – after the drone was sighted. Continue reading
RQ-4 Global Hawk Crashes in Eastern Sierra Nevadas
An RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft crashed near Mount Whitney in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range at approximately 1:45 p.m. Wednesday. No injuries or deaths were reported. Continue reading
Drone Crash Cuts Power to 1,600 in Mountain View
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
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