Category Archives: Accident Reporting

Passenger Aircraft’s Near Miss with UAS at Perth Airport

A passenger aircraft preparing to land at Perth Airport has narrowly missed colliding with a UAS, as authorities note a rise in incidents involving unmanned aircraft. A Dash-8 chartered aircraft, coming from Kambalda, was coming in to land at Perth Airport just after 9am when the crew spotted a bright strobe light in its path at about 3800ft. The pilot swerved and missed the object by about 20 metres, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says in a report on the March 19 incident. Continue reading →

New Yorker Hit by Quadcopter at Gizmodo Party

A New York partygoer has spoken of his shock after being hit by a Quadcopter at a hi-tech ‘home of the future’ party. Publisher Stephen Kosloff said” I stumbled on a Gizmodo party on Mulberry Street. I flashed my business card, said “Media,” and was admitted. Continue reading →

Divers Recover Sheriff’s Shadowhawk

Divers with the Houston Police Department recovered the missing Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office drone last week after it crashed and sank into Lake Conroe April 25. Continue reading →

Multi-Copter Crashes on Beach At Nice

A multi-copter crashed on the beach at Nice on Friday morning around 10.15 and nobody was injured. Continue reading →

UAS in Near Miss with Commercial Jet Over Florida

A Federal Aviation Administration official warned this week about the dangers of even small unmanned aircraft, pointing specifically to a recent close call involving a drone and a commercial airliner that could have had “catastrophic” results.

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South Korea: Drones ‘Confirmed as North Korean’

Three small UAS recovered near the inter-Korean border in recent months came from North Korea, South Korea’s defence ministry says. South Korean and US experts reached the conclusion based on data recovered from the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading →

FAA Fines Operator for Reckless Flight After New York Crash

The Federal Aviation Administration fined David Zablidowsky $2,200 for a September incident in which he flew a quad-copter off a building on East 38th Street in Manhattan. The FAA said Zablidowsky didn’t get permission from air-traffic controllers to fly the drone, which hit two high-rises before crashing near Grand Central Terminal. Continue reading →

South Korean Military UAS Crashed into Mountain near Seoul

A South Korean military UAS crashed near Seoul on Thursday, but no one was hurt, an army official said. The RQ-101 crashed into a mountain in Yangju, just north of Seoul, at around 11:44 a.m. as it was returning to an army base after a routine training mission, the official said.

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