[Scan-DC] Lost Navy UAV enters Washington airspace (earlier this month)

[Doug Kitchener]

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> From: b_thom at juno.com
> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:14:21 +0000
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Lost Navy UAV enters Washington airspace (earlier this month)
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> Did anyone hear any radio traffic about this?
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> http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/08/navy-uav-enters-dc-082510/
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> Lost Navy UAV enters Washington airspace
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> By Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer
> Posted : Thursday Aug 26, 2010 8:11:58 EDT
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> Navy operators lost control of an unmanned aircraft earlier this month and were unable to regain control before the aircraft entered restricted airspace around the U.S. capital.
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> According to a Navy statement, the incident took place Aug. 2 when, about 75 minutes into a routine test flight, an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter operating out of the Patuxent River test facilities in southern Maryland lost its control link with ground operators.
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> The aircraft then flew about 23 miles on a north-by-northwest course and entered the National Capital Region restricted airspace, part of the Air Defense Identification Zone surrounding Washington, D.C.
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