Indian Navy lost Searcher UAV due to engine failure

The Indian Navy was forced to ditch one of its Searcher unmanned aerial vehicle into waters off Kochi on Jul. 27 after the drone suffered a “critical engine malfunction.”

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The UAV was on a routine mission and had left INS Garuda at 6.35 p.m. before it went down nearly an hour later.