South Korea said on Friday that it found additional evidence pointing to North Korea as the sender of unmanned surveillance aircraft found in recent weeks near the inter-Korean border. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
Triathlon Organisers Issue Statement on UAS Incident
Further to the incident in which a competitor in the Endure Batavia Triathlon in Geraldton, Western Australia, was injured by a UAS, the organisers have released the following statement: Continue reading
Alabama Army Team Investigates RQ-7 Shadow Crash
A team from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center at Fort Rucker, Ala., is at Fort Indiantown Gap investigating last week’s RQ-7 Shadow crash in Union Township. Teams from the center conduct investigations any time there is an crash involving Army aircraft, said Pennsylvania National Guard spokesman Staff Sgt. Matt Jones. Continue reading
RQ-7 Shadow Crashes Near Fort Indiantown Gap
Military officials say an unmanned aircraft crashed near a central Pennsylvania school and a hotel. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs spokeswoman Joan Nissley said no one was injured when the RQ-7 Shadow crashed in Lebanon County around 3:30 p.m. Thursday and was run over by a civilian vehicle. Continue reading
South Korea Confirms Crashed UAS from North Korea
South Korea has concluded that two UAS equipped with digital cameras that crashed in different locations in the past 10 days were North Korean. The Blue House said yesterday it is attempting to come up with measures to better detect small UAS, including the introduction of a radar designed to detect craft flying at low altitudes. Continue reading
Failed Power Converter Caused MQ-1B Predator Mediterranean Crash in 2013
A failed power converter in an MQ-1B Predator’s onboard control module led to the crash of the aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea, Sept. 17, 2013, according to an Air Combat Command Abbreviated Accident Investigation Board report released on Wednesday. Continue reading
South Korea Investigates Crashed North Korean UAS
South Korea has tentatively concluded that two unidentified UAS recently found near the border with North Korea are from the communist nation, officials said, a finding that raises questions about Seoul’s air defence amid heightened military tensions in the region. Continue reading
Rescue Helicopter in Near Miss with UAS in Australia
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating an incident which happened at around a thousand feet as a Bell 412 Hunter Rescue helicopter retuned to its Newcastle base on Saturday night. Continue reading