ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 149109
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 July 2002 |
| Time: | 12:05 LT |
| Type: |  Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 98-2004 |
| MSN: | UAV-4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Shamsi AB -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A United States Air Force RQ-4A crashed in Pakistan at about 12:05 a.m. EDT while on a routine mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
This was the second Global Hawk lost during the war in Afghanistan but the cause appears to have been engine failure rather than hostile fire.
Sources:
Combat aircraft vol.04, 2002, No.4 August, page 17
AFM OCT 2003
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2012 05:31 | krasatpi | Added |
| 27-Dec-2019 12:53 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2021 17:18 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
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