Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

"Piloted" landing of an Italian "Predator" in Iraq

Nassiriya, Iraq - The press release of the Defense General Staff

An Italian remote-controlled Predator UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle) fell yesterday in Nassiriya after an engine breakdown. The crash happened in a uninhabited area and it did not cause any damages to people or things and the Predator itself does not report relevant damages or fire signs. The breakdown started when the aircraft was at 70 miles from Tallil military airport returning from an air recognition...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 140906
Rome, Italy, 05/16/2006 11:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

AccidentsUS Defense: V-22 Osprey tiltrotors grounded again

Investigation underway after incident. Focus of investigation on premature wear of metal components

For security reasons, the Pentagon has temporarily suspended the operations of its global fleet of V-22 Osprey tiltrotors again in recent hours, after some metal components had probably played a decisive... more

AccidentsItalian Ansv: investigation report on SR-22 plane crash in 2022

Registration ZS-CDA, occurred near Turin, on March 11 - ATTACHMENT

Ansv, the Italian Flight Safety Agency, announces that it has published a new document on its institutional website.This concerns in particular: investigation report on the accident involving the Cirrus... more

Accidents"Black boxes" from Vilnius plane crash to be decrypted in Germany

Investigators from Spain and the US are also likely to be involved. The first data on Friday?

The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), the "black boxes" of the B-737/400 aircraft operated by Swiftair on behalf of DHL, which crashed last Monday 25 November while approaching... more