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U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton drone runs off runway at Florida base
A U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone ended up stuck at the end of a runway at Naval Station Mayport in Florida; the Navy has not commented on the incident.
A U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton high-altitude surveillance drone left the runway at Naval Station Mayport in Florida and came to a stop at the end of Runway 5, according to photos that emerged on Saturday.
The images, first shared by open-source intelligence accounts, show the large unmanned aircraft resting near the rocky shoreline at the edge of the airfield, with vehicles and personnel around it and a patrol boat on the water nearby. Runway 5 runs toward the mouth of the St. Johns River, close to the Atlantic Ocean.
Cause and damage unknown
The Navy has not said when the incident happened, whether the drone was landing or taking off, what caused the runway excursion or how badly the aircraft was damaged. No one was on board, as the Triton is flown remotely. The drone is operated by Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), the Navy’s first all-unmanned aviation squadron, whose aircraft are piloted from Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
Built by Northrop Grumman and based on the Air Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk, each Triton costs roughly $238 million. The Navy lost another Triton on April 9 over the Persian Gulf as it returned to Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily. According to The Wall Street Journal, more than a dozen U.S. drones have been lost since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran in February.
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