SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean army drone crashed into a park in Gimpo, a city just west of the capital Seoul, during a training exercise Tuesday morning, according to Yonhap news agency.
The military authorities told local reporters in a press notice that a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to an army unit in Gimpo crashed due to an unknown cause in a park near its training ground while conducting an educational flight.
The battalion-level small drone allegedly lost communications mid-flight before going down.
The authorities noted that there were no casualties or civilian property damage aside from damage to the equipment, adding that it launched an investigation into the exact cause of the crash. ■
