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| Date: | Tuesday 11 September 2001 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  General Atomics RQ-1L Predator |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Basra -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Carl Vinson |
A reconnaissance UAV crashed during a surveillance mission. Contact lost after About 45 min in flight.
Sources:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/drone-crashes/database/?noredirect=on
AFM November 2001, p73
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2014 06:10 | harro | Added |
| 25-Jun-2014 06:11 | harro | Updated [Plane category, ] |
| 21-Oct-2019 09:02 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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