DRDO aircraft crashes into open field in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the DRDO crashed in an agricultural field in Jodichikkenahalli in Chitradurga district on Tuesday morning. The drone crash took place at 6 am in the morning.
Chitradurga: An aircraft belonging to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) crashed in Chitradurga district of Karnataka at 6 am on Tuesday.
No injuries have been reported in the crash.
Reports suggest that Chitradurga SP said that the aircraft is a Rustom-2 drone.
"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," the police.
