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Over 400 Drones Have Crashed Since 2001 - chairman - 06-21-2014
More than 400 U.S. military drones have crashed out of the sky since 2001, according to a Washington Post investigation. Mechanical breakdowns, human error, bad weather and other reasons account for the crashes. The drones have crashed into homes, highways and other locations—in one case, into an Air Force C-130 Hercules plane in midair. No one has died in a drone accident, however. At least...not yet.
Re: Over 400 Drones Have Crashed Since 2001 - Snoopster - 06-21-2014
Very sad. R.I.P. and sincere condolences to the families of the 400 drones.
Re: Over 400 Drones Have Crashed Since 2001 - ketchim - 06-22-2014
Its Taxpayers money ....
Re: Over 400 Drones Have Crashed Since 2001 - ash2014uk - 06-25-2014
Really worries me that drones are everywhere now.
Lets hope that they are safe because if the drones ever did get in the wrong hands, it could cause alot of issues.
Re: Over 400 Drones Have Crashed Since 2001 - Allison - 06-25-2014
I read that news and think yeah, right Amazon sure will chose to deliver packages by drone. Those drones could put delivery drivers out of work. Keep crashing!
Workers of the world unite!
Re: Over 400 Drones Have Crashed Since 2001 - Qerlan - 06-26-2014
It's obvious that dones are very dangerous, they're not only dangerous in a way that they are meant to hurt other people, but they also cannot even stay in the air? They just HAVE to be badly built enough for that many to crashland and damage other people?
Drones should be banned, just like every other kind of weapon or device made for killing other people.
Re: Over 400 Drones Have Crashed Since 2001 - May102014 - 06-26-2014
The scary part of this post is the fact drones have crashed into homes, highways, and other locations where citizens are minding their business. You're telling me that officials who are highly train in dealing with military equipment can't seem to navigate these drones to away from public locations? Sighs, I must digress. It is only a matter of time before lives are lost due to drones. It's interesting how these incidents began in 2001, the year America was attacked on September 11. I say this because that event launch an environment where then President Bush was able to push questionable legislation through Congress and ultimately a war was born out of it.