ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264857
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| Date: | Monday 4 February 2019 |
| Time: | 10:15 UTC |
| Type: | DJI Matrice 100 |
| Owner/operator: | Humberside Fire & Rescue Service |
| Registration: | Unregistered |
| MSN: | M02DC105020008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barmston Drain, off Clough Road, Hull, Humberside -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Oak Road Playing Fields, Hull, Humberside |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
AAIB investigation to DJI Matrice 100, UAS, registration n/a: Struck overhanging branches, in a drainage system near Clough Road, Hull, 4 February 2019. The AAIB Final Report was published on 9 May 2019, and the following is the summary from it:
"The drone operator was tasked to undertake a search of a drainage system in the Hull area for a missing person. After the setup and the pre-flight checks, the drone was flown to the search area over the water. As the drone approached the water, the Collision Avoidance System started to activate and climbed the drone away from the water. The operator did not correct the flightpath in time to prevent the drone contacting some branches overhanging the drainage system and the drone fell into the water.
The drone operator considered that he had agreed to fly too close to the water and trees in order to carry out the search. As a result, the organisation has changed the risk assessment for such searches to state that flight will not take place below 10 metres when over water."
Additional: According to a contemporary local newapaper report ("Hull Daily Mail" 7 June 2019)
"A drone brought in during the search for missing student Libby Squire crashed into the water after hitting trees, a report has revealed. Libby, 21, disappeared in the early hours of February 1 after a night out with friends. She was last seen on CCTV at a bench on Beverley Road close to her home in Wellesley Avenue.
An extensive police search and investigation was launched the same day and in the coming weeks in a bid to find her. Water rescue teams, search helicopters and dog handlers were all deployed but tragically, Libby’s body was recovered from the Humber Estuary, around 20 miles from Grimsby Docks, just over six weeks after her disappearance, on Wednesday, March 20.
Emergency services used drones during the search and now an Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) report has revealed one of them crashed into Barmston Drain.
On February 4, marine unit officers were seen searching the drain using inflatable vessels while some officers were wading through the water. The drain runs under Beverley Road, nearby Oak Road playing fields and the River Hull, which became a focal point in a hunt for Libby.
It is not clear who the drone operator was as Humberside Police does not currently have an in-house drone operator but it has previously used one operated by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service".
Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f4679ffd3bf7f5d7d18a5d1/DJI_Matrice_100_UAS_05-19.pdf
2. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/drone-crashed-barmston-drain-libby-2953621
3. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/search-missing-hull-student-libby-squire-enters-fourth-day-coastguard-and-fire-and-rescue-services-join-hunt-139073
4. https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/story/2019-02-04/police-concern-for-missing-hull-student-libby-squire/
5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-47403280
6. https://www.humberside.police.uk/news/libby-squire-more-details-our-search-so-far
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2021 21:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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