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Date: | Wednesday 7 June 2023 |
Time: | day |
Type: | DJI Mini 2 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | unregistered |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | King George V Dry Dock, Western Docks, Southampton, Hampshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | King George V Dry Dock, Southampton, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | King George V Dry Dock, Southampton, Hampshire |
Narrative:DJI Mini 2 UAV: Substantially damaged 7 June 2023 when crashed at King George V Dry Dock, Southampton, Hampshire. The incident was the subject of an AAIB correspondence only report, published 14 September 2023, and the following is the summary from that report:
"During a training flight, the UAV was blown into a crane by the wind and then fell to the ground".
The King George V Graving Dock, also known as No. 7 Dry Dock, is a former dry dock situated in Southampton's Western Docks. The location of this incident was a crane of the west side of the dock, off King George V Way
Sources:
1. AAIB correspondence only report, published 14 September 2023:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-june-july-2023/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-june-july-2023 2.
https://www.dji.com/uk/mini-2 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_V_Graving_Dock Location
Media:
King George V Graving Dock and Pumping Station, Western Docks, Southampton: The crane on the left of the picture is the one that the UAV collided with:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Sep-2023 16:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |