DRDO’s Unmanned Testing Aircraft Crashes In Karnataka’s Hiriyur Taluk

DRDO’s Unmanned Testing Aircraft Crashes In Karnataka’s Hiriyur Taluk
An aircraft of DRDO crashed at Vaddikere near Hiriyur of Chitradurga on Sunday morning.

CHITRADURGA, Aug 20: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) crashed in the agriculture fields of a village in the district on Sunday, sources said.
The UAV–TAPAS– fell outside Vaddikere village in Hiriyur Taluk.
According to sources, the DRDO’s drone was on a test flight when the incident occurred.
The DRDO officials were not available for a comment.
Videos and images show that the TAPAS experimental UAV broke following the crash and its equipment inside scattered on the field.
A large number of villagers gathered at the spot soon after the UAV crashed with a loud noise and alerted the local police. (Agencies)