Mon Jun 11, 2012, 02:54 PM

Navy: Unmanned aircraft crashes on Eastern Shore (Maryland)

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Source: Baltimore Sun

The Navy says an unmanned aircraft has crashed on Maryland's Eastern Shore and there are no injuries.

A spokeswoman for the Patuxent River Naval Air Station's Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons program says a 44-foot unmanned aircraft on a routine maintenance flight crashed near Bloodsworth Island around noon Monday.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Jonathan Lindberg says the Coast Guard is setting up a safety zone around the marshy area.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-unmanned-aircraft-crash-20120611,0,7726453.story

CNN has a few more details:

Navy drone crashes in Maryland

(CNN) -- A U.S. Navy drone crashed Monday in marshy area near Salisbury, Maryland, military officials said.

The unmanned RQ-4A Global Hawk drone went down during a routine training flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, according to Jamie Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for the Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons Program at the base.

The drone crashed into a tributary of the Nanticoke River, according a U.S. Coast Guard official. The crash site has been blocked to recreational boat traffic while the agency investigates, according to the Coast Guard official.

http://us.cnn.com/2012/06/11/us/maryland-drone-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Navy: Unmanned aircraft crashes on Eastern Shore (Maryland) (Original post)	charlie and algernon	Jun 2012	OP
well, that'll be expensive. nt	xchrom	Jun 2012	#1
what really sucks is that it crashed in an area that's all nature preserve	charlie and algernon	Jun 2012	#3
Bloodsworth Island is a target range.	JaneQPublic	Jun 2012	#8
Well they better find it before the local Christian Taliban does......	yellowcanine	Jun 2012	#22
Crashing is now routine?	mbperrin	Jun 2012	#2
The flight was routine	charlie and algernon	Jun 2012	#4
What a total waste of resources. Goofing around with military toys.	Gregorian	Jun 2012	#5
My dad certainly wasn't "goofing around" all those years during his USAF career	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#12
Wow, I thought I knew you better. I thought you were joking.	Gregorian	Jun 2012	#15
I'm not apologizing for the fact that my father served his country honorably and well for 23 years.	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#16
OK. I never said I hated military folks. You put that in my mouth.	Gregorian	Jun 2012	#17
Jeez, he sounds like someone I would have hung around with at the club! nt	MADem	Jun 2012	#21
It was a surveillance drone, in essence.	MADem	Jun 2012	#6
I sailor with a joystick is not gonna take flying as seriously as an aviator in the cockpit.	Crowman1979	Jun 2012	#7
As A Person Who's Worked Side by Side With UAV Controllers For Years	NeedleCast	Jun 2012	#9
Very true. (nt)	JaneQPublic	Jun 2012	#11
My dad, a LtCol at the time, was one of those "slackers" in the AF, flying the drones.	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#13
I agree with you--they're very professional.	MADem	Jun 2012	#20
They should have reported "no survivors" just to see if the press corp was awake.	HubertHeaver	Jun 2012	#10
Ok, that's funny.	Ready4Change	Jun 2012	#18
I guess I'll just thank the gods that we have a buncha military hardware instead of	mbperrin	Jun 2012	#14
AP News said the drone cost $125 Million per copy....	lib2DaBone	Jun 2012	#19

Response to charlie and algernon (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 02:59 PM

xchrom (90,669 posts)

Navy: Unmanned aircraft crashes on Eastern Shore (Maryland)

1. well, that'll be expensive. nt

3. what really sucks is that it crashed in an area that's all nature preserve

8. Bloodsworth Island is a target range.

22. Well they better find it before the local Christian Taliban does......

2. Crashing is now routine?

4. The flight was routine

5. What a total waste of resources. Goofing around with military toys.

12. My dad certainly wasn't "goofing around" all those years during his USAF career

15. Wow, I thought I knew you better. I thought you were joking.

16. I'm not apologizing for the fact that my father served his country honorably and well for 23 years.

17. OK. I never said I hated military folks. You put that in my mouth.

21. Jeez, he sounds like someone I would have hung around with at the club! nt

6. It was a surveillance drone, in essence.

7. I sailor with a joystick is not gonna take flying as seriously as an aviator in the cockpit.

9. As A Person Who's Worked Side by Side With UAV Controllers For Years

11. Very true. (nt)

13. My dad, a LtCol at the time, was one of those "slackers" in the AF, flying the drones.

20. I agree with you--they're very professional.

10. They should have reported "no survivors" just to see if the press corp was awake.

18. Ok, that's funny.

14. I guess I'll just thank the gods that we have a buncha military hardware instead of

19. AP News said the drone cost $125 Million per copy....