ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210854
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Date: | Thursday 16 July 2015 |
Time: | |
Type: | General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle |
Owner/operator: | US Army |
Registration: | "207" |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | near Samawah, Iraq -
Iraq
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Contract crew reported a GCS ECU over-temp condition, after which, link with the aircraft was lost. Completion of emergency ECU repair procedures failed to reestablish link and aircraft remains unaccounted for.
The US DoD confirmed to American press enquiries regarding pictures of the crash-site published on Iraqi social media that a MQ-1 had been lost in Iraq returning from an ISR mission.
Sources:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2015/07/23/dod-confirms-mq-1-uav-crash-in-iraq/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-May-2018 21:10 |
ASN archive |
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09-Feb-2020 20:20 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
14-Mar-2020 09:50 |
StokieSteve |
Updated [Registration, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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