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Turkey said its warplanes shot down a drone Friday near its border with Syria, underscoring heightened hostility in the region’s increasingly crowded airspace. The aircraft was warned three times to turn back before being fired on by Turkish jets patrolling the border, the Turkish military said in a statement. It gave no further details. Continue reading
Fort Carson soldiers who crash-landed a drone in a Colorado Springs neighbourhood in May will get remedial training after an investigation found they didn’t have proper clearance to fly the small RQ-11 Raven aircraft and failed to tell key leaders at the post that the drone had been lost. Continue reading
Authorities in New Zealand have started investigations into how a drone came close to hitting an Air New Zealand airliner above Christchurch city, the media reported on Saturday.
Four aircraft have been involved in potentially fatal near-misses with drones close to major British airports in the past month, The Times has learnt.
A Whangarei drone operator is being investigated by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority after his machine hit powerlines, causing a power cut to about 200 properties and the loss of at least 1000 man-hours of productivity for the businesses affected. Continue reading
A falling drone cut and bruised an 11-month-old girl in a stroller at an event Saturday, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Police said a 24-year-old man lost control of his DJI Inspire 1, a camera-carrying quadcopter costing nearly $3,000, causing it to crash to the ground outside of City Hall during a movie screening.
Norwegian investigators have revealed that a light aircraft collided with an unmanned air vehicle just days before the country’s air navigation service cautioned about their proliferation. Continue reading
A 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing unmanned aerial vehicle ditched earlier today in the Neuse River at approximately 9:48 a.m., north of MCAS Cherry Point. It was recovered at approximately 4 p.m., with the help and assistance from U.S. Navy and Cherry Point personnel. The search and recovery took about six hours — the aircraft has been returned to the unit.