A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January the Justice Department announced. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
Drone Collides with Paraglider, Forcing Emergency Landing
In San Diego a Torrey Pines paraglider was forced to make an emergency landing when a drone became entwined in his parachute. Continue reading
Drishti Starliner Crashes off Indian Coast During Trials
The Drishti 10 Starliner drone, manufactured at Adani Defence and Aerospace facility Hyderabad, on Tuesday crashed off the Porbandar coast in Gujarat during its pre-acceptance trials. It would have been inducted upon completing trials. Continue reading
USAF MQ-9 Shot Down in Syria – by US Ally
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper was mistakenly shot down in northern Syria on Dec. 9 by the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces, U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine. Continue reading
Russian Drones Crash in Moldova
Ten Russian drones strayed into neighbouring countries during record 145-drone attack on Ukraine on Sunday.
Russian Stealth Drone was on Bombing Run When Shot Down Over Ukraine
A rare Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik—the Russian air force’s first stealthy armed drone—got shot down apparently by an accompanying Russian fighter after the drone seemingly malfunctioned near the Ukrainian-held fortress town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. Continue reading
Su-57 Downs Russia’s Sukhoi S-70 Stealth UCAV Over Ukraine
A prototype of Russia’s Hunter S-70 combat drone was shot down over the occupied Donetsk region, in what experts are calling a significant embarrassment for Moscow’s air force. Continue reading
Pilot Errors Led to $25M Loss of MQ-9 in Africa
A previously undisclosed crash of an Air Force MQ-9 crash in Africa in February stemmed from the pilot’s failure to follow the takeoff guidelines and to properly recover the descending aircraft, according to a newly released report. Continue reading