ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210884
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 January 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Al Mahrah Province, Eastern Yemem ? -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
GENERATOR FAILURE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. The Washington Post further reported the USAF stating this a/c had been on a classified mission from a classified location.
However, Foreign Policy magazine reported a few days later that a "U.S. drone" had crashed in Eastern Yemen and that local forces had been tasked to secure the crash site on 16th January.
Sources:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/drone-crashes/database/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/01/21/u-s-drone-crashes-in-yemen/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 08-Mar-2020 12:33 | StokieSteve | Updated [Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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