Worldwide Drone Incidents

Israel carried out a drone strike on an Iranian ammunition factory

Ishafan, Iran

Punjab: Drone with 5 kg heroin shot down near India-Pakistan border, two held

Kakkar, India

Southampton and Aston Villa players rushed off pitch as drone flies above St Mary's

Southampton, United Kingdom

Contraband seized at Bath Institution after suspected drone drop

Kingston, ON, Canada

Texas DPS encounter 'drone incursions,' recover make-shift ladders used to scale wall

McAllen, TX, USA

Contraband seized at Joyceville Institution

Kingston, ON, Canada

A drone came dangerously close to a UN plane at 3,400 feet near the runway of Islamabad airport

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Bungling County Durham cop crashes drone into house during major operation

Horden, United Kingdom

Man fined for filming private forest area of Anamalai Tiger Reserve using drone

Tamil Nadu, India

Man charged after drone with prohibited items crashes near Beaver Creek Institution

Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada

Border Force Fires At Pak Drone, Pushes It Back Across Punjab Border

Gurdaspur, India

Federal Police shot down four unauthorized drones that flew over the Esplanada dos Ministério during President Lula da Silva's inauguration ceremony

Brasilia, Brazil

Drone crash on Netflix set causes ‘serious disfigurement’ to actor’s face

Taiwan

Suspicious drone flights over Val-de-Reuil prison

Val-de-Reuil, France

Drone crashes on track, Delhi Metro halts for 1 hour on Magenta Line

Delhi, India

BSF shoots down Pak drone, seizes 4.3 kg contraband in Amritsar

Daoke, India

It's not a joke or funny' Drone harassing children, staff & therapy horses at Eliada Home

Asheville, NC, USA

An assassination was foiled: a drone with an explosive device, on the main street in Jaffa

Jaffa, Israel

Three arrested for attempting to smuggle tobacco items into Machang prison using drone

Kelantan, Malaysia

Deputies: Drone delivering contraband to correctional facility; two arrested

Bennettsville, SC, USA

Drone spirals, crash-lands near popular Auckland bar after hitting bird

Auckland, New Zealand

Contraband seized following suspected drone drop at Joyceville Institution

Kingston, ON, Canada

BSF Shot down a drone with a payload of 2 kg heroin near the international border in Amritsar

Amritsar, India

FAA: Spirit Airlines crew found unusual drone flying beneath their plane at BWI airport

Baltimore, MD, USA

Airport in Japan's Okinawa Pref. disrupted by possible drone sighting

Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Another drone drop suspected after drugs, tobacco seized at Warkworth Institution

Warkworth, ON, Canada

Two Pakistani drones shot down by BSF, 10kg of heroin recovered

Amritsar, India

Drone spotted hovering around people’s homes in Norfolk County

Delhi, ON, Canada

A Cartel Used Armed Drones and a Plane to Bomb Police

Mexico

A Cartel Used Armed Drones and a Plane to Bomb Police

Jalisco, Mexico

Drone Drops IEDs, Rs 5 Lakh Cash In J&K’s Samba

Jammu and Kashmir, India

AXL ROSE Slams ‘Drone Pirates’ At GUNS N’ ROSES Shows

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Three Arrested For Flying Drone During PM Modi’s Visit To Bavla, Gujarat

Bavla, India

Drone smuggling contraband crashed before entering prison's airspacehttps://www.elmundo.es/espana/2022/11/25/6380d93afc6c8374618b45e1.html

Algeciras, Spain

Police were called to investigate a drone crash near the Orange Line automated rapid transit metro station

Lahore, Pakistan

US B-17 Bomber & P-63 Kingcobra Collide Over Dallas Executive Airport Due To A Drone?

Dallas, TX, USA

A drone dropped a firearm at the medium-security Mission prison, causing a lockdown

Mission, BC, Canada

When on final approach to Montreal Trudeau Airport, an airline pilot reported seeing a drone fly at 2,000 feet just 400 feet underneath his aircraft

Montreal, QC, Canada

3rd drone spotted near Pak border in 2 weeks

Ferozepur, India

Serbian Army comes out with details after the downing of a drone in the Mt. Kopaonik region

Raska, Serbia

Drone-dropped Weapons Recovered Along IB in Jammu; 2 Arrested

Ranbir Singh Pura, India

easyJet plane comes within '10 feet' of drone in 'close encounter'

London, United Kingdom

Swedish Royal Armed forces dealing with incident involving drone activity over military facility

Sweden

Norwegian police investigate drone sighting over the Kaarstoe gas plant

Susort, Norway

For the second time in a week: Drones spotted near North Sea gas fields according to Danish Police

Denmark

Drone hovered nearly 10 km inside Indian territory above Abbad village

Dera Baba Nanak, India

An investigation confirmed a woman's report of a drone invading her privacy and photographing her home

Wuhan, China

Suspicious drones seen over German military sites training Ukrainian soldiers

Wildflecken, Germany

A drone used by a subcontractor to inspect a residential roof crashed

Parkland, FL, USA

Thousands of people were left without power for up to 3 hours after a food delivery drone crashed into powerlines

Logan, Queensland, Australia

Botafogo vs. Goias pro soccer match was interrupted by an unauthorized drone flying over the stadium

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mysterious Drone Activity Spotted At Danish Gas Field In North Sea - TotalEnergies

Denmark

White House Partially Evacuated After Drone Enters Restricted Area

Washington D.C, USA

Drone operators fined for use in Royal Family security zone

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Falcons-Seahawks game momentarily delayed after unidentified drone flies over Lumen Field

Seattle, WA, USA

Drone delays Seahawks-Falcons game in 4th quarter

Seattle, WA, USA

A rogue drone over Husky Stadium caused a 10-15 minute delay in the Washington Huskies vs Stanford Cardinals college football game

Seattle, WA, USA

Residents were ordered to turn over all private drones after police spotted unauthorized drones flying near defense establishments

Nasik, Maharashtra, India

Three drones attempting to drop contraband into the Sulaibiya Central Jail complex were discovered by security personnel

Al Jahra Governorate, Kuwait

Flights to Glasgow Airport forced to divert after suspected drone sighting

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Pak drone airdropped pistol and drugs near Amritsar

Amritsar, India

Police and security were dispatched to Montreal Airport to investigate a drone reported flying near a runway

Montreal, QC, Canada

Drone Flies ‘Extremely Close’ to Firefighting Helicopters in Idaho

Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, USA

Norway's airport owner Avinor reports 50 drone incursions per month at Oslo airport alone, resulting in delays, costs, and traffic rerouting for passengers, airlines, and the airport

Oslo, Norway

Illegal drones temporarily ground firefighting helicopters

Jasper, AB, Canada

Bournemouth police pocket seven drones in banned airshow space

Bournemouth, UK

Drone pilot got fined for flying close to the Zigong high-speed railway station

Zigong, China

Drone hovers over house, peeps into daughter’s room, mother says

Huntington Beach, CA, USA

An unidentified drone crashed onto the roof of a house in an apartment complex following several skirmishes between Turkish troops and Kurdistan Worker's Party troops

Amedi, Iraq

Taiwan Shot Down a Suspicious Drone Flying Over Its Islands Off China’s Coast

Kinmen Islands, Taiwan

Law Enforcement shot down at least four drones during national day parade venue where numerous dignitaries, including Their Majesties the King and Queen, were gathered

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Five flights scheduled to land at Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas airport were diverted and airport operations were disrupted for one hour due to the presence of unauthorized drones

Madrid, Spain

A Cessna pilot reported having to evade a drone near the La Fontaine tunnel

Montreal, QC, Canada

United flight diverted from Tel Aviv landing after small drone enters its path

Tel Aviv, Israel

At 3,200 feet, an Air Canada Airbus reported a drone at the same altitude, just off its left wing

St. John's, NL, Canada

Tobacco, marijuana, shatter, allegedly seized after suspected drone drop at Warkworth Institution

Brighton, Ontario, Canada

Drone operator risked steep fines for capturing billowing smoke and responders in action during a fire

Victoria, BC, Canada

A Cessna pilot spotted a drone at approximately 2000 feet in restricted airspace 4NM northeast of Pitt Meadows Airport

Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada

Troops Throw Rocks At Drone Over Taiwanese Island Close To Chinese Coast

Kimmen Islands, Taiwan

Two people were arrested for using a drone to smuggle contraband into Telfair Prison

McRae-Helena, GA, USA

A burglar used his own drone to attack a police drone in mid-air as it chased him

Spokane, WA, USA

As India prepares to celebrate its 75th Independence Day, two people were arrested for flying drones over the Victoria Memorial

Kolkata, India

High flying drone comes within 8-feet of Delta flight landing at Orlando International Airport

Orlando, FL, USA

BSF fires on suspected drone at International Border in Jammu

Jammu, India

Drone seized in Birmingham after being flown ‘dangerously’ over Commonwealth Games crowds

Birmingham, UK

Amritsar police arrested drug traffickers and seized five kg of heroin drone dropped into the country

Manjh, India

5kg heroin dropped by drone seized near border in Ajnala

Ajnala, India

photographer operating a DJI Mini 2 without permission above the railway line was arrested and fined by the Haikou Railway Police

Haikou, China

Drones bomb junta troops stationed in Sagaing's Shwebo Township

Sagaing, Myanmar

One Killed, Several Injured in Drone Attack on Syria Church Gathering

Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria

DC’s Reagan National Airport briefly halts flights after drone reported in area

Washington D.C, USA

A Hezbollah drone breached the Israeli border from Lebanon and was intercepted by the IDF

Israel

Multiple packages seized following suspected drone drops at Collins Bay Institution

Drone hovers above Yankee stadium during match against Boston Red Sox

Bronx, NY, USA

Arrests made in attempt to smuggle contraband into Dooly State Prison

Unadilla, GA, USA

2 People Arrested In Connection With Drone Drug Smuggling Operation

Lawton, OK, USA

Ambulance flight delayed 20 minutes because of drone at Edmundston Airport

Saint-Jacques, Canada

Drones spy on private homes of Borussia Dortmund football stars

Dortmund, Germany

Several sightings' of drone flown illegally near city airport

Aberdeen, UK

B.C. men arrested after drone, meth intercepted at Manitoba prison

Stony Mountain, Canada