In this handout video grab released by the Pentagon, a US MQ-9 Reaper drone flies in international airspace over the Black Sea. On March 14, the US European Command said that a Russian fighter jet dumped fuel on and collided with a US MQ-9 Reaper drone flying near Crimea, eventually leading its operators to bring down the unmanned aircraft into the Black Sea. Russia denied attacking the drone in any way, saying the drone operators' poor and sharp maneuvering resulted in the aircraft falling into the Black Sea. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.
- Package: Black Sea US Drone Crash
- Categories: Disasters & Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Event date: 16.03.2023
- Date published: 16.03.2023
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Press service of the European command of the US Air Force
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2505x1396px, 858.3Kb
- Job-ID: 2ea0eedad0117cfd