Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle of Navy crashes off Porbandar airfield during training sortie, no casualty

New Delhi/Porbandar, Jul 8 (PTI) An Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle of the Indian Navy crashed off Porbandar airfield during a training sortie in Gujarat on Wednesday, but no casualty was reported on the ground, officials said. The Navy confirmed the incident and said the cause of the incident is "being investigated". "Indian Navy confirms the crash of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle Drishti-10, off Porbandar airfield, during a training sortie this afternoon. NO INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE has been reported on the ground. The cause of the incident is being investigated," it posted. Drishti-10 is an unmanned aerial vehicle in the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) category and used largely for surveillance and maritime domain awareness purposes. Porbandar District Collector S D Dhanani told reporters that the unmanned aerial vehicle crash-landed in an open field at Dharampur village, around 6 km from the coastal city in the Saurashtra region. "Navy personnel already reached the spot and started further investigation," he said. Officials said it had taken off from the Naval Air Enclave in Porbandar before going down in the nearby field. PTI COR KND PJT PD RSY MPL MPL