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| Date: | Tuesday 14 October 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Baykar Bayraktar Akinci |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force) |
| Registration: | K. Ataturk |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pirdeshal, Qandil Mountains, Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 16 March 2025, a Turkish Air Force Akıncı high altitude long endurance UCAV crashed under unknown conductions while it was conducting a flight over the Qandil Mountains, located in Eastern Kurdistan near the Iranian border.
Footage of the drone crashing shows its empennage detached from the aircraft fuselage, making the possibility of catastrophic structural failure possible.
Alternatively, the drone may have been shot down by Kurdish insurgent forces, with the Qandil Mountains acting as a stronghold for Kurdish forces.
Sources:
https://t.me/infantmilitario/167844
https://yeniyasamgazetesi9.com/qendilde-siha-dusuruldu/
https://x.com/war_noir/status/1978093901677289912
Media:
#Turkey / #Iraq ????: A Turkish Baykar Bayraktar "AKINCI" HALE UCAV crashed in #Qandil Mountains (#Kurdistan Regional Government).
— War Noir (@war_noir) October 14, 2025
The tail part of the Drone appears to be torn off —either it was broken or might have been struck by the #PKK despite the ongoing Peace Process. pic.twitter.com/Tiy4L1xSAU
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2025 11:14 | Nebo | Added |
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