Unmanned aerial vehicle crashes

14 Jul, 2010

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Pakistan Air Force, which was on training flight met an accident near Sargodha due to malfunctioning, but there was no life and property loss. A spokesman of PAF said that the UAV was on a training flight when it malfunctioned, but the safety parachute on board the UAV was deployed to safely recover it and no damage to life and property has occurred.
"The UAV was on a routine training flight during which it fell prey to the accident. There were no casualties on the ground," the spokesman revealed. He said that the UAV was saved from a major disaster by having it landed through a parachute. "It has incurred minor damage which will be repaired," the spokesman added. He said that the PAF high command ordered an inquiry into the incident.

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