Chitradurga: DRDO drone crashes in open field


Team Udayavani, Sep 17, 2019, 10:37 AM IST

Chitradurga: A Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) drone crashed on Tuesday early morning in Chitradurga.

As per the sources, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed in an agricultural field in Jodichikkenahalli.

The drone crash took place at 6 am in the morning. No injuries have been reported in the crash.

Speaking on the issue, Chitradurga Superintendent of Police Arun K said that the UAV crashed in the areca nut farm this morning, but no one was injured.

“It’s a Rustom-2 UAV from DRDO. Test trials were being conducted and it failed and fell in the open field. People were curious as to what it was and they gathered. We have cordoned off the area now and police are at the spot,” he added.

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