George Morse’s company, Failure Analysis Service Technology, based in Prescott, Ariz., specializes in the analysis of aviation mishaps, foreign-object damage in particular. Morse himself has done more than 4000 engine investigations, most the result of ingestion of nuts or bolts or other runway detritus rather than birds.
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
ScanEagle Crash in Japan Revealed
An unmanned Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force surveillance aircraft crashed on a training range in Oita Prefecture late last year in an accident that was never disclosed publicly.
Predator Down Over Syria
An MQ-1 Predator was lost Tuesday while flying over northwest Syria, according to a USA defence official. Syria’s official news agency claimed the drone was shot down, but the defence official was unable to say exactly how the unmanned aircraft crashed. Continue reading
Russian Drone Downed Over Ukraine
A Russian drone was shot down over the weekend during heavy fighting against separatist forces near the government-held port city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian forces. Continue reading
Iranian-Built UAV Downed Over Iraq
Twitter accounts associated with the militant group Islamic State are tweeting out pics of another wrecked Iranian-made drone in Iraq. The tweets, which first appeared early Saturday morning, claim that Islamic State fighters shot down a drone near the city of Samarra, 70 miles north of Baghdad. The pictures show an Iranian Ababil-3 unmanned aerial vehicle in pieces, with what appear to be stickers of an Iraqi flag on its tail. Continue reading
Camcopter Lost Over Ukraine
The Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe has lost contact with a Schiebel S-100 Camcopter unmanned air vehicle that was carrying out surveillance missions over Ukraine.
Chinese UAV Crashes in Nigeria
The wreckage of an armed drone turned up in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday near the epicenter of the West African country’s violent Islamist insurgency. A Borno State publication KSM News, published on Facebook that an unmanned drone suspected to be used in the counter-insurgency operation in the Northeast has crashed at Dumge village of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State. Dumge is 30km northeast of Maiduguri.
White House QuadCopter Pilot had been Drinking
The Secret Service questioned a Defense Department intelligence agency staffer on Monday after the man reported that he flew the drone that crashed on White House grounds in the early morning hours. Continue reading