Drone crashes: Not just for the Middle East any more.
Mexican unmanned drone crashes in backyard of El Paso home
(Crossposted from Right of Assembly)
El Paso Times (via Carlsbad Current Argus)
12/16
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating Tuesday's crash of a Mexican drone in El Paso's Lower Valley.
"We are collecting data about the crash. We don't have the aircraft because it was returned to its owner," said Keith Holloway, spokesman for the NTSB, which investigates aircraft crashes in the United States and in other countries that requests its help.
It is designed for use in military and homeland security missions, and is capable of conducting over-the-hill reconnaissance missions, low-intensity conflict and urban warfare operations, and any other related close range mission.
This drone has been sent back to Mexico and the The North American Aerospace Defense Command has no comment on the matter. Bad drone, go home! And don't do it again!
Oh brave new world, that has such aircraft in it. Is this what it's going to be like from now on? People going around in backscatter vans spying inside your house and unmanned drones crashing in your back yard?
Update: Interesting comment from cotterperson.
Update #2: Interesting comment from mahakali overdrive.
Update #3: Comment from croyal in El Paso.
Update #4; comment from AllisonInSeattle, who provides some informative links here.