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Pak Navy's surveillance plane crashes into refinery
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Onlookers, journalists and rescue personnel gather outside an oil refinery following the crash of a navy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on the premises in Karachi on July 19, 2011. - AFP Photo
Read more at: Pak Navy's surveillance plane crashes into refinery
Karachi: An unmanned surveillance aircraft of the Pakistan Navy crashed into an oil refinery and burst into flames following a bird hit in Karachi. No casualties or damage to property on the ground were reported.
The drone crashed into the National Refinery in the Korangi area of Karachi. The aircraft was seen flying at a low altitude before it crashed, witnesses said.
Local news channels quoted naval officials as saying that the drone was on a routine surveillance flight when it crashed after hitting a bird. The aircraft burst into flames after hitting the ground but the fire was extinguished.
A naval spokesperson confirmed the crash of the unmanned aerial vehicle and said such aircraft were used for photography and surveillance.
Police and security forces cordoned off the area and prevented people and the media from approaching the refinery.
The Pakistan navy has increased aerial monitoring of Karachi after terrorists attacked the navy's main airbase in Pakistan's largest city in May. Ten security personnel were killed and two maritime surveillance aircraft were destroyed in that attack.
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Bird hit brings down Navy drone | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | OnlineKARACHI - A Pakistan Navy's pilotless surveillance plane crashed near National Oil Refinery located in Korangi industrial area here on Tuesday.
Police sources said an experimental flight of Navy's remote-controlled plane crashed at the compound of National Oil Refinery situated in Korangi's industrial area. The rescuers of various organisations, police and Ran-gers reached the spot soon after the crash. Fire brigade officials said two fire tenders reached the spot to extinguish the fire.
SHO Asif Jakhrani said a remote-controlled plane of Pak Navy was taking a test flight when it hit the land owing to some technical faults.
However, sources said the plane weighing around 15 Kg, was having two batteries and two surveillance cameras. Sources said plane, brought to Pakistan couple of days back, was hit by a bird after it took off during a test flight.
Agencies add: "A Pakistan Navy UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) crashed after a bird hit it. It fell near an oil refinery and there was no (other) damage," navy spokesman Commodore Irfan ul Haq told AFP in Islamabad.
Onlookers, journalists and rescue personnel gather outside an oil refinery following the crash of a navy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on the premises in Karachi on July 19, 2011. - AFP Photo
Pakistan drone crashes near oil refinery: navy | Metropolitan | DAWN.COMKARACHI: A Pakistani navy drone crashed near an oil refinery after hitting a bird in the country's largest city of Karachi on Tuesday, the navy said.
"A Pakistan Navy UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) crashed after a bird hit it.
It fell near an oil refinery and there was no (other) damage," Commodore Irfan Ul Haq, spokesman Pakistan Navy told AFP in Islamabad.
Fellow navy spokesman Commander Salman Ali told AFP that there were no casualties and that the drone had been on a surveillance flight when a bird accidentally flew into the aircraft and it came down in the Karachi suburbs.
Pakistan is developing its own drone technology for surveillance and reconnaissance missions because the United States, which is running a bombing campaign with drones in the country's northwest, refuses to give Pakistan the technology.
Two companies in Islamabad, Satuma and East West Infiniti, make drones for the Pakistani military. It is not known if the crashed drone belonged to either company.
It was the third aircraft crash in Karachi in eight months.
On November 28, seven Ukrainians and a Georgian were killed when their Ilyushin IL-76 cargo plane crashed seconds after taking off from Karachi for Khartoum. Four labourers on the ground were also killed.
It crashed into buildings under construction in the Dalmai neighbourhood, where the Pakistan Air Force and Navy have residential apartments and offices close to Jinnah International airport.
On November 5, a US-manufactured Beech 1900C also crashed after take off, killing all 21 people on board.
The aircraft was operated by local company JS Air and had been carrying staff from an Italian oil company to an oil field in Sindh.
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