A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) experienced a nose-wheel collapse, resulting in a hard landing, on arrival at its home base on Mathis Field, San Angelo Regional Airport, on May 15. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
Runaway Drone Closes Riga Airport
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The airspace over Riga International Airport has been closed due to a lost and possibly still uncontrolled drone flying in Latvian airspace, Minister of Transport Talis Linkaits (New Conservative Party) announced. Continue reading
IDF Drone Crashes in Gaza Strip
An IDF drone crashed in the Gaza Strip on Monday night, the IDF confirmed. The IDF noted that the reason for the crash was a technical malfunction and that there was no fear of an intelligence leak or loss of information. Continue reading
Rise in Drones Involved in Air Accidents in Australia
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released its latest Aviation Occurrence Statistics report, covering the 10-year period from 2010 to 2019. Continue reading
Pakistan Downs Indian Drone Near Kashmir Border
The Pakistani military has shot down an Indian “spy drone” in the disputed Kashmir region shortly after four Pakistani children were killed by Indian mortar fire. Continue reading
Ukrainian Forces Down Russian Drone in Donetsk Area
On Sunday, April 5, Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle, which was identified as the Russian Zastava aircraft Bird Eye 400, near Svetlodarsk, in the area of Operation United Forces. Continue reading
Libya: UN-Recognized Government Downs UAE Drone
UAE Wing Loong drone used by Haftar’s forces shot down near Misurata
Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) announced on Wednesday that it had downed a United Arab Emirates unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the west of the country. Continue reading
Downed Turkish Drone Found in Idlib
The Anna News Agency released a new photo that showed the remains of a Turkish drone that was shot down by a Russian-made air defense system in Syria. Continue reading