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Africa Horn

Drone crashes in Seychelles, second in four months

2012-04-05

VICTORIA - A U.S. drone crash-landed at the Seychelles main airport and careered

Layers of fact and spell checking at Roooters...

So true. But in this case it's the fact that they're British, and speak a different language.

into the ocean on Wednesday, the second remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper aircraft to crash on the Indian Ocean archipelago in four months.

Sure it crashed. It was a long flight. Went straight to bed. Next morning it woke up, emptied the hotel room mini-fridge, swallowed some aspirins and meandered down to the beach to sleep it off...

The Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) said the aircraft had technical problems soon after taking off and tried to land at Seychelles International Airport on the main island of Mahe.

"It touched down on the runway and bounced a few times before ending (in) the sea at the extreme southern end of the runway," the SCAA said in a statement.

Who the hell put an ocean at the end of the runway?

A Reuters witness said police prevented reporters from entering a public area next to the end of the runway.

"You there! No loitering in a public area!"

There was no immediate comment from the U.S. embassy and it was not clear what the drone's mission had been.

Basic flight safety training for the Seychellean air force?

A classified U.S. diplomatic cable dated 2009 showed that unmanned aircraft carried out missions over Somalia and the Horn of Africa from the Seychelles. Local officials say drones based in the archipelago are also tracking pirates in regional waters.

Posted by:Steve White

#4 MS Windows Drone: Reboot early and often.

Posted by: Shimble Guelph5793 2012-04-05 13:44

#3 Solar Flare.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-04-05 05:22

#2 D *** NG IT, it may NOT had crashed iff it had been Nukulaar ...

To wit,

* RENSE > BUILDING NUCLEAR DRONES - COULD STAY ALOFT FOR MONTHS [Years?] | [Guardian.UK] US DRAWS UP PLANS FOR NUCLEAR DRONES.

SOLYNDRA, etc. FAILURES = ditto as per SOLAR-POWERED DRONES???

versus

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > AS DRONES RISE, A MANNED FIGHTER FALLS.

* INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > SECRET US NUCLEAR DRONE PLAN NIXED BY POLITICAL REALITIES .

Artic read, US Budget $$$ woes.

Lest we fergit, INDIA = wants to dev an LCS-styled NT Surface Warship that can also submerge + operate like a UW Submarine - FLY??? NOT TO ARGUE THEY WILL, BUT KUDOS TO INDJUH ARE APPROPRIATE AS THEY WANT TO INVESIGATE + DEV THE CONCEPT.

Don't read or hear, etc. the USA + USDOD-DARPA saying to do the same thing.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-04-05 00:59

#1 Some joystick jockey is in hot water for this. He might get his breakroom privileges revoked.

Posted by: gromky 2012-04-05 00:32

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