Worldwide Drone Incidents
Europe
| Incident | Category | Location | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire at Russian oil refinery after drone crash | Infrastructure | Rostow | 22.06.2022 | Article |
| Drone over Tesla’s Gigafactory hinders air traffic | Properties | Grünheide | 15.05.2022 | Article |
| Tourists crash drones into Italy landmarks in Rome and Pisa | Infrastructure | Rom | 27.04.2022 | Article |
| Mystery drone from Ukraine war crashes in Croatia | Infrastructure | Zagreb | 11.03.2022 | Article |
| Boeing 737 missed drone by just 6ft | Airport | London | 02.12.2021 | Article |
| Prisoner shoots at rivals with gun smuggled in by drone | Prison | Rom | 20.09.2021 | Article |
| Illegal drones during blasting | Infrastructure | Duisburg | 08.09.2021 | Article |
| A drone circling over Chisinau’s Zimbru Stadium caused a delayed kickoff | Events | Chisinau | 01.09.2021 | Article |
| Drone with drugs stopped by police officer | Police | Doksy | 10.08.2021 | Article |
| Police action after a drone approached an aircraft | Police | Glasgow | 29.07.2021 | Article |
| Family feels observed at the breakfast table | Properties | Albringhausen | 17.07.2021 | Article |
| London helicopter ambulance reports near collision with drone | Airport | London | 02.07.2021 | Article |
| Residents feel observed by suspected drone | Properties | Stuhr-Brinkum | 24.06.2021 | Article |
| Plane and drone in near miss incident over Brockworth | Airport | Brockworth | 30.04.2021 | Article |
| Drone over residential area | Properties | Bremervörde | 29.04.2021 | Article |
| Drone triggers police operation | Police | Hanau | 24.04.2021 | Article |
| Drone sparks police warning | Infrastructure | Mansfield Town | 21.04.2021 | Article |
| Drone damages van | Infrastructure | Bedburg | 19.04.2021 | Article |
| Drone stops air traffic at Frankfurt Airport | Airport | Frankfurt | 05.03.2021 | Article |
| Drone crashes onto balcony in Salford Quays apartment block | Infrastructure | Salford | 04.03.2021 | Article |
| Crash of a professional drone near Raigmore Hospital | Infrastructure | Old Perth | 22.02.2021 | Article |
| Drone’s crash landing during Welsh Grand National meeting | Infrastructure | Chepstow | 12.01.2021 | Article |
| Unknown object comes within 20ft of aircraft in near-miss | Airport | Heathrow | 23.12.2020 | Article |
| Woman chased by drone | Infrastructure | Midden-Drenthe | 22.12.2020 | Article |
| Drone nearly hit Manchester Easyjet plane window at 8,000ft | Airport | Manchester | 18.11.2020 | Article |
| Kripo Eschwege searches for witnesses after incident with drone | Airport | Eschwege | 29.09.2020 | Article |
| Landing approach to Nuremberg – drone comes dangerously close to aircraft | Airport | Nürnberg | 18.09.2020 | Article |
| Thousands of drones unnoticed over the government district | Infrastructure | Berlin | 11.09.2020 | Article |
| Swindon man illegally flew drone over Cirencester homes | Properties | Cirencester | 10.08.2020 | Article |
| Forbidden drone flight at Neuburg Air Base | Military | Neuburg | 08.08.2020 | Article |
| Rescue helicopter in Freiburg almost collides with a drone | Police | Freiburg | 06.08.2020 | Article |
| Drone and light aircraft in ‘near miss’ | Infrastructure | Perth | 06.07.2020 | Article |
| Helicopter fighting Darwen Moor fire forced to land due to drone flying above incident. | Infrastructure | Darwen | 01.06.2020 | Article |
| Pakistan shoots down Indian drone | Military | Pakistan | 09.04.2020 | Article |
| POL-EU: Drone over residential area | Properties | Euskirchen-Wüschheim | 08.04.2020 | Article |
| Trio illegally lets a drone fly over residential area | Properties | Dillingen | 06.04.2020 | Article |
| Man films people in Immenstadt gardens with drone | Properties | Immenstadt | 06.04.2020 | Article |
| Drone near the airport | Airport | Neufahrn | 16.03.2020 | Article |
| Russian Drone Accident in Arctic Circle | Military | Severomorsk | 05.03.2020 | Article |
| Serious disruption at Frankfurt Airport | Airport | Frankfurt | 02.03.2020 | Article |
| UAV in windshield | Infrastructure | Fulda | 20.02.2020 | Article |
| Security problem for a light aircraft | Airport | Dundee | 15.02.2020 | Article |
| Air traffic disrupted at Madrid Airport | Airport | Madrid | 03.02.2020 | Article |
| Police are given new powers to stop and search in relation to drones | Police | London | 27.01.2020 | Article |
| More drones at Düsseldorf Airport | Airport | Düsseldorf | 01.01.2020 | Article |
| Drone flights banned near Dover port | Yacht | Dover | 13.11.2019 | Article |
| More drones sighted over NRW prisons | Prison | Düsseldorf | 11.11.2019 | Article |
| Flight operations interrupted | Airport | Sinsheim | 28.10.2019 | Article |
| Illegal drone flights over refinery | Infrastructure | Southampton | 26.10.2019 | Article |
| Soccer fans arrested for drone flight | Events | Prague | 07.09.2019 | Article |
| Illegal drone flight in Norwich city centre leads to police action | Infrastructure | Norwich | 02.09.2019 | Article |
| Drone came dangerously close to the aircraft | Airport | Dublin | 02.09.2019 | Article |
| Near collision with drone at Gatwick | Airport | Gatwick | 28.08.2019 | Article |
| Trouble because of drone at Quirinus-Münster | Infrastructure | Neuss | 04.08.2019 | Article |
| More and more drone incidents in Berlin | Infrastructure | Berlin | 30.07.2019 | Article |
| Pilot has avoided a potentially fatal drone collision | Airport | Oxfordshire | 27.07.2019 | Article |
| Airport had to be shut down | Airport | Leeds Bradford | 12.07.2019 | Article |
| Drones flying disrupt flights at East Midlands Airport | Airport | East Midland | 17.06.2019 | Article |
| Drones piloted by climate-change activists target Heathrow | Airport | London | 15.06.2019 | Article |
| Police drone vs. fighter | Military | Enkenbach-Alsenborn | 14.06.2019 | Article |
| Drone came dangerously close to Jet | Airport | London | 17.05.2019 | Article |
| Ban on drones around the grounds at Windsor | VIP | Windsor | 28.04.2019 | Article |
| Man is said to have piloted drone on aircraft | Airport | Hannover | 28.02.2019 | Article |
| Loganair flight in ‘near miss’ with drone near Glasgow Airport | Airport | Glasgow | 15.02.2019 | Article |
| Drones disrupt flight operations | Airport | Greven/Langen | 21.01.2019 | Article |
| Heathrow airport: Drone sighting halts departures | Airport | Heathrow | 08.01.2019 | Article |
| Drones ground flights at Gatwick Airport | Airport | Gatwick | 20.12.2018 | Article |
| Gang flew drones carrying drugs into prisons jailed | Prison | West Midlands | 26.10.2018 | Article |
| Drone tried to deliver 2 phones to prison | Prison | Taranto | 25.10.2018 | Article |
| Virgin Atlantic jet in ‘closest ever’ near-miss with drone | Airport | Heathrow | 23.10.2018 | Article |
| Bendtner wants to sell house after being spied on by drones. | VIP | Trondheim | 20.10.2018 | Article |
| Perth Prison drug smugglers filmed themselves on drone camera | Prison | Scotland | 03.10.2018 | Article |
| Drone used to deliver Chinese takeaway to Wheatfield prison | Prison | Wheatfield | 01.10.2018 | Article |
| Over 40 drone incidents in 2016 | Infrastructure | Brandenburg | 01.04.2017 | Article |
| Drone incidents in prisons | Prison | Wales | 23.02.2016 | Article |
America
| Incident | Category | Location | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drone used to smuggle drugs into OC prison | Prison | Orange County | 16.09.2021 | Article |
| Drone causes great damage | Airport | Toronto | 24.08.2021 | Article |
| Envoy E175 collides with drone in Chicago | Airport | Michigan | 23.08.2021 | Article |
| Drone slams into building in World Trade Center | Infrastructure | New York | 04.08.2021 | Article |
| Border Patrol Helicopter had bizarre encounter | Border Patrol | Tucson | 21.05.2021 | Article |
| Mexico cartel used explosive drones to attack police | Police | Mexico | 21.04.2021 | Article |
| Man used drones to smuggle cell phones, tobacco, other contraband into federal prison | Prison | New Jersey | 20.04.2021 | Article |
| Piedmont Triad International Airport held flights on the ground | Airport | Greensboro | 10.03.2021 | Article |
| Videographer flies drone near official residence of prime minister | VIP | Morne Daniel | 05.03.2021 | Article |
| Drone Carrying Kilo of Meth Crashes Onto Roof Near U.S.-Mexico Border | Border Patrol | San Diego | 17.02.2021 | Article |
| Shots fired at drone in Cass Township | Infrastructure | Frackville | 19.01.2021 | Article |
| Man facing prison and $250,000 fine after smashing his drone into a police helicopter | Infrastructure | Hollywood | 18.01.2021 | Article |
| Feds charge man after drone collides with LAPD helicopte | Police | Los Angeles | 21.11.2020 | Article |
| Drone forces Rotherham and Sheffield players off | Events | South Yorkshire | 29.10.2020 | Article |
| Aero Med Helicopter in Near Miss with Drone | Infrastructure | Grand Rapids | 22.09.2020 | Article |
| Trump’s plane was nearly hit by a small drone | VIP | Washington | 17.08.2020 | Article |
| Drone disrupts another Major League Baseball game | Events | Boston | 13.08.2020 | Article |
| Illegal drone flight delays MLB game | Events | Minneapolis | 05.08.2020 | Article |
| Drone swarm invaded Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant twice | Infrastructure | Tonopah | 30.07.2020 | Article |
| Drone falls on police car | Police | Houston | 27.07.2020 | Article |
| Near miss with drone | Police | Tulsa | 03.07.2020 | Article |
| Prince Harry and Meghan have a serious drone issue at their Beverly Hills home | VIP | Beverly Hills | 27.05.2020 | Article |
| Drone flew dangerously close to U.S. Navy Blue Angels | Military | Detroit | 21.05.2020 | Article |
| Fraudsters used drones to track children in attempted kidnappings | Properties | Florida | 07.04.2020 | Article |
| FAA investigating mystery drone telling New Yorkers to socially distance | Infrastructure | New York | 06.04.2020 | Article |
| Authorities prohibit threatening flights near the USNS Mercy | Military | Los Angeles | 04.04.2020 | Article |
| Smuggling with drone in New Jersey | Prison | New Jersey | 15.03.2020 | Article |
| A woman allegedly being followed by an airborne drone. | Properties | Warren | 24.02.2020 | Article |
| Illegal drone flights and crashes at the Golden Gate Bridge | Infrastructure | San Francisco | 24.02.2020 | Article |
| FBI confiscates threats from Super Bowl LIV | Events | Miami Beach | 31.01.2020 | Article |
| FAA was forced to close down the airspace. | Police | Calabasas | 28.01.2020 | Article |
| Swarms of drones in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska | Infrastructure | Colorado | 09.01.2020 | Article |
| Drone over Michigan Stadium | Events | Michigan Stadium | 17.12.2019 | Article |
| A news helicopter was struck by drone over Los Angeles | Infrastructure | Los Angeles | 15.12.2019 | Article |
| Someone flew a drone during a Red Sox game | Events | Boston | 14.12.2019 | Article |
| Drone Incident Muscat International Airport | Airport | Muscat | 18.11.2019 | Article |
| Drone comes dangerously close to helicopter | Infrastructure | Santa Paula | 02.11.2019 | Article |
| Drone Incident Logan Airport | Airport | Nahant | 14.10.2019 | Article |
| Transport of explosives by drone | Properties | Washington | 17.09.2019 | Article |
| 3000$ fine for drone flight | Events | Toronto | 30.08.2019 | Article |
| Ohio five year statistic | Airport | Ohio | 26.08.2019 | Article |
| Fireworks-laden drone found on roof of building in downtown L.A. | Police | Los Angeles | 17.07.2019 | Article |
| Drone sighted near a helipad | Airport | Chatham-Kent | 04.07.2019 | Article |
| Drone seen dropping objects in prison | Prison | Euclid | 02.07.2019 | Article |
| Drone sightings at Pearson airport | Airport | Toronto | 28.06.2019 | Article |
| Drone sighting at Windsor Airport | Airport | Windsor | 05.06.2019 | Article |
| Drone near-miss sparks concern at airport | Airport | Windsor | 23.05.2019 | Article |
| Drone helps migrants illegally enter America | Border Patrol | El Paso | 18.04.2019 | Article |
| Drones pose safety issues at Danbury, Sikorsky airports | Airport | Danbury | 14.04.2019 | Article |
| Close calls between drones and aircraft in Mid-Michigan | Airport | Mid-Michigan | 09.04.2019 | Article |
| A attack against privacy | Properties | Houston | 08.04.2019 | Article |
| Drone “peeping” around Fayette County | Propterties | Fayette County | 04.04.2019 | Article |
| Drone drug smuggling in Kent | Prison | Kent | 03.04.2019 | Article |
| NYPD cop hit by drone | Police | Brooklyn | 02.04.2019 | Article |
| Privacy violated by drone | Border Patrol | Cape Coral | 02.03.2019 | Article |
| Drone sighting at Dublin Airport | Airport | Dublin | 21.02.2019 | Article |
| Drone Operator Charged With Trying to Drop Marijuana Into Georgia Prison | Prison | Georgia | 19.02.2019 | Article |
| Reports of drone disrupt flights at Newark Airport | Airport | Newark | 23.01.2019 | Article |
| Drone hits passenger aircraft | Airport | Tijuana | 14.12.2018 | Article |
| A security threat lurked in the sky around the OIA | Airport | Orlando | 05.11.2018 | Article |
| Plane flying over county reports sighting drone | Properties | Butler County | 04.11.2018 | Article |
| Yellowknife drone operator fined, banned from flying | Airport | Yellowknife | 27.10.2018 | Article |
| Thief used drone surveillance to execute home robberies | Properties | Mexico City | 29.09.2018 | Article |
| Drug smuggling with drone in Oklahoma | Prison | Oklahoma | 27.10.2015 | Article |
Asia
| Incident | Category | Location | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistani drone with payload shot down in Kathua | Military | Jammu | 29.05.2022 | Article |
| Three killed in Yemen’s capital by downed drone | Military | Sanaa | 23.05.2022 | Article |
| Saudi oil refinery targeted in drone attack | Infrastructure | Riyadh | 11.03.2022 | Article |
| Drone Accident During Republic Day Event in Madhya Pradesh | Events | Madhya Pradesh | 29.01.2022 | Article |
| Drone in KIA red zone sets off alarm | Airport | Devanhalli | 25.11.2021 | Article |
| Suspected drone movement in Rajouri, Poonch | Infrastructure | Kashmir | 23.11.2021 | Article |
| Drones rain from the skies | Events | Zhengzhou | 06.10.2021 | Article |
| Drone spotted in no flying zone of Taj Mahal | Infrastructure | Agra | 30.09.2021 | Article |
| Drone with 5kg explosives shot down 7 km inside indian border | Border Patrol | Jammu/Kaschmir | 26.07.2021 | Article |
| Palestinian militants are launching drones at Israel | Military | Israel | 13.05.2021 | Article |
| Oil tanker off Syrian coast hit in suspected drone attack | Infrastructure | Baniyas refinery | 24.04.2021 | Article |
| Drone Attacks Iraq Airport Housing U.S. Troops | Military | Baghdad | 14.04.2021 | Article |
| Military drone crash lands in Taitung City park | Military | Taitung | 18.02.2021 | Article |
| Fire From the Sky: The Afghan Taliban’s Drones | Military | Paktia | 22.12.2020 | Article |
| 11 grenades dropped by drone from Pak recovered in Gurdaspur | Police | Chandigarh | 22.12.2020 | Article |
| Drone seen near IB, BSF shoots at in Arnia | Border Patrol | Jammu | 29.11.2020 | Article |
| 20 illegal drone intrusions into Changi Airport airspace | Airport | Singapore | 23.11.2020 | Article |
| The Taliban use drones in attacks on Afghan armed forces | Military | Afghanistan | 10.11.2020 | Article |
| Police thwart cell phone smuggling by drone into prison | Prison | Israel | 17.09.2020 | Article |
| Alert along LoC after ISI uses drones to drop weapons for terrorists | Border Patrol | Srinagar | 10.09.2020 | Article |
| Drone drops hundreds of bags of cannabis in Tel Aviv | Infrastructure | Tel Aviv | 03.09.2020 | Article |
| Pakistani drone shot down loaded with arms | Border Patrol | Kathua | 20.06.2020 | Article |
| Two men arrested for drone use during lockdown | Police | Gujarat | 15.04.2020 | Article |
| 183 UAV incidents in border areas | Border Patrol | New-Delhi | 05.02.2020 | Article |
| Aircraft had to be diverted in Dubai | Airport | Dubai | 22.09.2019 | Article |
| Drone attack: Saudi oil production cut by 50% | Infrastructure | Abqaiq | 14.09.2019 | Article |
| Blogger arrested for drone flight | Police | Teheran | 13.09.2019 | Article |
| Drone over Ganpati procession – 2 persons arrested | Events | Tardeo | 21.08.2019 | Article |
| Singaporeans charged over illegal drone flying | Military | Singapore | 06.07.2019 | Article |
| Singapore Airport | Airport | Singapore | 25.06.2019 | Article |
| Pakistani drone shot down near Gujarat border | Military | Gujarat | 26.02.2019 | Article |
| Frenchman arrested for flying drone over Myanmar parliament | Infrastructure | Yangon | 11.02.2019 | Article |
| Chinese tourist takes drone inside prohibited area | Infrastructure | Agra | 03.10.2018 | Article |
| Drone photographs a member of parliament | VIP | Colombo | 26.10.2018 | Article |
| Houthis announces drone attack on Dubai International Airport | Airport | Beirut | 30.09.2018 | Article |
Africa
| Incident | Category | Location | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A rogue killer drone ‘hunted down’ a human | Military | Libyen | 30.05.2021 | Article |
| Gauteng heliport grounded by drones that flew into flight path | Airport | Midrand | 04.05.2021 | Article |
| Mystery Drone Crash in Kenya | Infrastructrue | Wajir County, Kenia | 03.12.2020 | Article |
| Suspected drone collision with aircraft at Rand Airport | Airport | Germiston | 27.10.2020 | Article |
Australia
| Incident | Category | Location | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drone crash in Sydney hotel | Infrastructure | Sydney | 23.06.2022 | Article |
| Police intervene in drone flying incident | Airport | Whakatane | 04.05.2021 | Article |
| Drone spotted 30 m from plane at Auckland airport | Airport | Auckland | 27.04.2021 | Article |
| Drone pilot convicted after collision with paraglider | Infrastructure | Auckland | 19.02.2021 | Article |
| Drone pilot jailed for six months for trying to fly phones into Perth prison | Prison | Perth | 07.01.2021 | Article |
| Drone incidents at Victorian prisons rise 250% | Prisons | Victoria | 17.11.2020 | Article |
| Mysterious Drone Incursions Over Anti-Ballistic Missile Battery In Guam | Military | Island of Guam | 14.09.2020 | Article |
| Drone drug drop at Cessnock jail | Prison | North South Wales | 27.07.2020 | Article |
| Illegal drone flight | Properties | Wollongong | 26.08.2019 | Article |
| Drone disrupts airspace | Airport | Wellington | 12.11.2018 | Article |
Antarctica
| Incident | Category | Location | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currently no incidents known | ||||