Drone Incidents

Near-misses, crashes, airspace violations, and arrests — when drone flights go wrong.

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On Monday, the presence of drones in the vicinity of Adolfo-Suarez-Barajas Airport in Madrid forced the cancellation of at least seven flights departing from that airport.

Spain

Air traffic at Madrid’s Barajas Airport disrupted by drones

On Monday, the presence of drones in the vicinity of Adolfo-Suarez-Barajas Airport in Madrid forced the cancellation of at least seven flights...

Haye KestelooAug 30

Civilian Chinese drone spies on Taiwanese troops on Kinmen

China

Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone near island

Reuters reported that Taiwan had fired warning shots at a Chinese drone that flew close to an offshore island. According to a military spokesperson

Haye KestelooAug 30

Netherlands

Marechaussee confiscates drone at Het Loo Palace in The Netherlands

The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee has seized a drone that was flown over the territory of Paleis Het Loo. An aerial platform from the fire brigade

Wiebe de JagerAug 30

China

Civilian Chinese drone spies on Taiwanese troops on Kinmen

This photo, taken by a Chinese drone of Taiwanese troops on Kinmen, is real, reports the Taiwan News. The army says a civilian Chinese drone took

Haye KestelooAug 24

DJI

DJI M300 inspection drone shot at and damaged

An expensive DJI M300 inspection drone from the Dutch company Zero Gravity Drone was shot at with an air rifle by an angry vacationer last week.

Wiebe de JagerAug 22

Police

A 5-year-old girl is gravely injured by a drone during a school photo shoot

During a school photo shoot, a 5-year-old girl was gravely injured by a drone that fell out of the sky. The drone accident happened in China...

Haye KestelooAug 2

United Kingdom

Drone falls 300 feet out of the sky next to boat passengers during regatta in England

The drone incident happened last Wednesday when the device collided with the Celtic Queen, a hard-topped boat.

Haye KestelooJul 12

DJI

DJI Mini 3 Pro hits school bus showing the limits of ActiveTrack and APAS 4.0

Check out this video in which a DJI Mini 3 Pro hits an approaching school bus. Luckily, nobody got injured in the making of this video, except the DJI mini drone, which suffered a broken arm and gimbal. The video was uploaded to Youtube by Airbazoo and demonstrates the limitations of the DJI Mini 3…

Haye KestelooMay 14

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