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MQ-4C Triton Crashes In California

Thursday, September 13th, 2018

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MQ-4C Triton Crashes In California

The first two delivered MQ-4C Triton aircraft at their new hangar at Naval Base Ventura Couny, Point Mugu, Calif. in 2018 before they were moved to Guam (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

One of two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) crashed yesterday on a Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Calif., base runway following an inflight mechanical issue and landing gear failure.A spokesperson for Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL) told Defense Daily in a statement on Thursday that the Triton experienced an “inflight mechanical issue” during a test flight around 2:45pm on Wednesday.The pilots shut down the engine and attempted to land the aircraft on a runway at the naval base as…

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