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Drone crashes into passenger plane, causing extensive damage to the Boeing 737-700 as it came into land at Mozambique Airport

Drone crashes into passenger plane, causing extensive damage to the Boeing 737-700 as it came into land at Mozambique Airport

A DRONE has crashed into a Boeing 737-700 passenger plane, causing extensive damage to the giant jet as it came into land at Mozambique Airport. The Boeing 737-700 collided with the drone as it approached the city of Tete in Mozambique.  Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) owns the aircraft, which was carrying 80 passengers and […]

Rwanda The First Country In The World To Have A ‘Drone Airport’

Rwanda The First Country In The World To Have A ‘Drone Airport’

The government has moved to set up a regulatory framework for remotely piloted aircraft, popularly referred to as ‘drones,’ following investor interest to establish the world’s first drone airport (drone port) in the country beginning next year. Last month, Norman Foster, a renowned British architect, expressed interest by his firm, Foster + Partners, alongside business […]

First US drug seizure involving a drone flying across the border from Mexico

First US drug seizure involving a drone flying across the border from Mexico

Two California teenagers are facing lengthy prison sentences after what is thought to be the first US drug seizure involving a drone flying across the border from Mexico. Jonathan Elias, 18, and Brayan Valle, 19, have pleaded guilty to using the device to smuggle 28.6lb (13kg) of heroin into the US. Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman […]

U.S. conducts first drone strikes against ISIS in Afghanistan, 49 dead

U.S. conducts first drone strikes against ISIS in Afghanistan, 49 dead

The first US drone operation targeting purported Daesh fighters in Afghanistan has killed at least 49 fighters in eastern Afghanistan, officials confirmed Tuesday. The first of two strikes targeted fighters in Nangarhar province’s Achin district, killing at least 12 militants at midday on Monday, said the provincial governor’s spokesman Ahmad Zia Adulzai. Abdulzai said initial […]

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