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US MQ-9 Reaper drone loses control-station contact, makes emergency landing in Poland

S2 · 03/17
2024 · 23:00 local, March 18 · AIR · Mirosławiec, Poland

Record

CompanyAIR
Categorydrones evtol
Typemalfunction
Date03/17
2024
Time of day23:00 local, March 18
LocationMirosławiec, Poland
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
Sourcestripes.com

What happened

A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone lost contact with its ground control station during a training flight near Mirosławiec, Poland, and carried out an emergency/crash landing in an uninhabited area. No injuries or property damage reported; GPS jamming suspected but Polish Air Force said the drone was on a pre-planned route.

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