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| Date: | Thursday 22 March 2018 |
| Time: | 06:00 |
| Type: | IAI Heron |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Porbandar, Gujarat -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | GIDC, Porbandar |
an Israeli-made Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) - crashed in Gujarat's Porbandar this afternoon.
The drone was on a routine surveillance mission when it lost the communication data link with the Ground Control Station (GCS) and veered off course. The drone crashed about 25 km from the INS Sardar Patel naval base in Porbandar at 1 pm.
Sources:
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/unmanned-navy-plane-crashes-technical-snag-suspected-764587
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/second-indian-navy-heron-drone-crashes-in-gujarat-in-a-month-1837644
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2018 07:11 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Dec-2021 19:29 | sandwolf01 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Dec-2021 19:29 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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