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Richard Riley wrote:
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> Richard Lamb wrote:
> > interesting...
> >
> > The rumor that a UAV was shot down and everybody assumes
> > it was some hich farmer with a blunderbuss.
> >
>
> >From AvWeek -
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> The drone was transitioning from control by its General Atomics pilot
> to an automatic flying mode, said Kostelnik, a former commander of the
> USAF Armament Center. The drone dropped from 10,000 feet above ground
> after a total system failure. An on-board fire or hostile attack are
> not immediately suspected.
>
> "It's pretty much destroyed, it's not going to be reparable," Kostelnik
> said. CBP Air and Marine already is talking with General Atomics about
> a "loaner" Predator.
>
> No one was hurt by the crash in the air or on the ground, Kostelnik
> said. A CBP-led team, with representatives from General Atomics, the
> National Transportation Safety Board and possibly including the Air
> Force, already is investigating the incident, but results won't be
> known for several weeks, he said.
>
> "It wasn't the thing going berserk and going away. It had some sort of
> massive technical, mechanical failure, who knows," he said.
Thanks, Richard
Richard
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Re: Predator crashed
