Incident Parrot ANAFI II , Tuesday 2 September 2025
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Date:Tuesday 2 September 2025
Time:c. 11:00
Type:Parrot ANAFI II
Owner/operator:Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:JGSDF East Fuji Maneuver Area, Shizuoka prefcture -   Japan
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:JGSDF East Fuji Maneuver Area
Destination airport:JGSDF East Fuji Maneuver Area
Narrative:
A drone operated by JGSDF 1st Division went missing at East Fuji Maneuver Area. After 15 minutes of flight in an exercise, the display of the control tablet computer became blacked out and the drone's control was lost.
The drone was discovered inside the East Fuji Training Area shortly after 3:00 p.m. on the 4th of the same month.

Sources:

https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/sdt/category/society/sd6fcd1ed5a0154ada8684a10c19d8e17b
https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/925959
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/68d12c2d9270f8af1530f805afb1626471eaee59

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Sep-2025 18:31 isamuel Added
04-Sep-2025 13:25 yukipara3 Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, ]

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