Aircraft
UN: UAVs Involved in Incidents, Accidents in Somalia
An Aerovironment RQ-11B Raven, the UAV mentioned in the report by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. (Photo: Bill Carey)
An Aerovironment RQ-11B Raven, the UAV mentioned in the report by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. (Photo: Bill Carey)

UAVs operating over Somalia have been involved in a number of crashes and incidents since last summer, including a near-collision with a Boeing 737 departing Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport in January, according to the United Nations panel monitoring compliance with an arms embargo of that country. The pilot of the 737 altered course after receiving a warning from the aircraft’s traffic alert collision avoidance system.