ClearedHot Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) Mexican aerial drone crashes in backyard of El Paso home EL PASO (AP) — An unmanned drone belonging to the Mexican government crash landed Tuesday in El Paso's Lower Valley, officials confirmed today. "I was told that it crashed in somebody's back yard, and that no one was injured. I was paged at 6:28 p.m. on Tuesday, so it happened shortly before that. We were told it was not a police matter," said Detective Mike Baranyay, a spokesman for the El Paso Police Department. The crash occurred at Yarbrough and Loop 375. Police said the U.S. Border Patrol seized the aircraft, which was to be transported back to one of the international bridges so that Mexican officials could recover the drone. Edited December 17, 2010 by ClearedHot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxhead Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Well hell. Looks like Mexico figured out how to get around the ridiculously restrictive FAA. Just ignore them...they will give ya your plane back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 U.S. Border Patrol seized the aircraft, which was to be transported back to one of the international bridges so that Mexican officials could recover the drone. Ironic... We won't let the Mexican gov't officials into the country to get it,... they have to wait at the bridge, but we allow every other Mexican national to cross the border, stay, and go to college with US grants/funds. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearedHot Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Ironic... We won't let the Mexican gov't officials into the country to get it,... they have to wait at the bridge, but we allow every other Mexican national to cross the border, stay, and go to college with US grants/funds. Harumpfff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truman08 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Mexican aerial drone crashes in backyard of El Paso home EL PASO (AP) — An unmanned drone belonging to the Mexican government crash landed Tuesday in El Paso's Lower Valley, officials confirmed today. "I was told that it crashed in somebody's back yard, and that no one was injured. I was paged at 6:28 p.m. on Tuesday, so it happened shortly before that. We were told it was not a police matter," said Detective Mike Baranyay, a spokesman for the El Paso Police Department. The crash occurred at Yarbrough and Loop 375. Police said the U.S. Border Patrol seized the aircraft, which was to be transported back to one of the international bridges so that Mexican officials could recover the drone. So it's really been Mexico all this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKopack Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 They gave it back? If it crashed in my backyard in the morning, it would be hanging from the ceiling in the den by lunchtime... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 They gave it back? If it crashed in my backyard in the morning, it would be hanging from the ceiling in the den by lunchtime... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fud Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Here is a what the drone sounded like right before it crashed. It was taken by an innocent bystander. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learjetter Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 You won't believe the profanity.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BQZip01 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Well hell. Looks like Mexico figured out how to get around the ridiculously restrictive FAA. Just ignore them...they will give ya your plane back! Great, like we need ANOTHER plane for the FAA to "track"... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-3h_Flq9Ac07utz5BP3o8d3vCLQ?docId=a62a5815d6954f51bf04174db9309c1b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyclops Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Here is a what the drone sounded like right before it crashed. It was taken by an innocent bystander. I started laughing before I even clicked on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWSO Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 They gave it back? If it crashed in my backyard in the morning, it would be hanging from the ceiling in the den by lunchtime... Just think of the poor Mexican AF pilot, stuck in a container watching you from your ceiling as you eat popcorn surf Baseops. Its liable to cause an international incident unless you remove the 2 D cell batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZwildcat Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Just think of the poor Mexican AF pilot, stuck in a container watching you from your ceiling as you eat popcorn surf Baseops. Its liable to cause an international incident unless you remove the 2 D cell batteries. It was actually a mobile command unit operating on the US side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrodgsxr Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 It was actually a mobile command unit operating on the US side... here's the covert mobile GCS version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Davies Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 This thread is brilliant. Allegedly, the one on the left was the UAV pilot, the one on the right the sensor operator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrodgsxr Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 This thread is brilliant. Allegedly, the one on the left was the UAV pilot, the one on the right the sensor operator. HAHA Up in Smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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