Drone Incident: Discover the latest drone incidents and their implications. Stay informed on how drone technology is impacting safety and regulations.
According to the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, a suspected firearm and other Contraband were delivered by drone to the Mission prison in British Columbia, Canada. On Thursday night, an illegal drone delivery triggered a lockdown at the Mission Institution,…
The German media say that the number of suspicious drones flying over buildings belonging to the Defense Ministry and the Bundeswehr has increased significantly. According to a news story that was released on Friday by Der Spiegel in Germany, security…
A residential area of 2,000 households in a suburb of the Australian city of Logan was without power for hours on Thursday after a Wing delivery drone accidentally landed on a power line and caught fire. The drone of Google’s…
Norwegian Police have launched an investigation into several sightings of suspicious drones near oil and gas platforms on the Norwegian continental shelf. Drones have been sighted near the platforms six times in recent weeks. TotalEnergies has also reported drones on…
Two individuals from the Cincinnati region have been charged with federal charges for allegedly illegally flying drones above professional sports events in the city. A federal grand jury accused the men in separate instances involving Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds…
A Belgian drone pilot was killed in Belgium last Sunday evening after being hit by a train while retrieving a crashed drone. This is reported by the Public Prosecution Service of Walloon Brabant. The drone pilot, a woman in her…
The European aviation authority, EASA, recently published the annual Safety Review. In that report, all incidents and incidents related to aviation in Europe are listed. The report shows that the number of (near) drone collisions has fallen sharply since 2018.…
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. The incident was disclosed on the Twitter account of the public firm AENA, which…
Reuters reported that Taiwan had fired warning shots at a Chinese drone that flew close to an offshore island. According to a military spokeswoman, the military of Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone on Tuesday after the drone…
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 had to come because the drone had ended up in a tree. The Marechaussee is…
A Chinese man has been seriously injured in a collision with a cargo drone. The incident occurred while extinguishing a fire in a hilly neighborhood in the Chinese metropolis of Chongqing. The man, who volunteered to help with the firefighting,…
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 an aerial image of troops stationed to monitor PLA aircraft with a telephoto lens.…
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. The drone was damaged and can no longer be used for the time being.…
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, showing how important it is to stay away from people when flying a drone…
A drone deployed to capture the action at Henley Royal Regatta crashed onto a spectator’s boat after malfunctioning. The drone incident happened last Wednesday when the device collided with the Celtic Queen, a hard-topped boat. It was witnessed by Playhatch…
Deputies are investigating after a Burke County man’s DJI Mavic 3 drone was shot out of the air during a family gathering in North Carolina. Drone pilot Dan Brand was trying to capture an aerial image of the Burke County’s…
The aviation Police have launched an investigation into a drone pilot who had his drone take off several times to very high altitudes near Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands. In at least one case, a DJI Mini 2 drone was flown…
A Dutch drone pilot was shot at on Friday while he was flying his unmanned aircraft. This is reported by the Police. The drone was undamaged, but the man, who is from the city of Tholen in the Netherlands, was…
Recently, when employees were doing a check at Boone County Regional Airport in Arkansas, a recreational drone was discovered just 15 feet off the runway. The diameter of the toy drone was around six inches, and the airport staff believed…
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…
A 39-year-old Argentinian tourist crashes a drone into the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy in the latest Drone Incident. Last week, the man lost control of an unmanned aircraft and crashed it into the roof of the 15th-century Italian monument.…
The 43-year-old drone pilot, Jason Ng Yok Sen, from Singapore, has been fined no less than 51,000 Singapore dollars (about $37,000 USD) for accidentally hindering two fighter jets by using his DJI Mavic 2 drone to fly close to the…
A Dorset Police officer lost control of a crashed drone during a police operation over Poole, in the United Kingdom, in November 2020. According to a drone incident report that was released today, a police officer operating a drone lost…
On February 6, 2020, an Icon Helicopters Airbus Helicopter AS350BA N611TC and a DJI Mavic 2 drone collided in mid-flight during the King of the Hammers off-road race in Johnson Valley, San Bernardino County, California. It was fortunate that the…
While making a recording of a mine explosion in South Africa, a DJI Mavic 2 Pro was hit by a piece of rock, which was thrust into the air by the explosion. This is according to a report from the…
The Dutch drone insurer Coverdrone has compiled a top 10 of the most common reasons for insurance claims in 2021. It turns out: ‘drone pilot error’ is still top of the list, although this was less common in 2021 than…
On Sunday, a drone pilot was detained in Sweden after flying his unmanned aircraft over the home of King Carl XVI Gustaf. According to Police, the man was apprehended near Drottningholm Castle one of Sweden’s Royal Palaces on Sunday afternoon.…
The United Arab Emirates has banned flying hobby drones following a recent drone attack near the capital Abu Dhabi. The Ministry of the Interior has announced this. The terrorist attack killed three people and blew up several oil tanks. hobby…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that it is investigating the illegal drone flight during the Cincinnati Bengals playoff game against the Las Vegas Raiders last Saturday. Flying drones in and around NFL stadiums that seat 30,000 people or more…
Every so often, we come across illegal drone footage. Today we received an email from one of our readers (thanks Vic!) pointing us to this Drone Video of the Cincinnati Bengals game last weekend. Last Saturday, the Cincinnati Bengals played…
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