A drone of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday crashed on a farmland at Doregalahatti near the test base of the premier defence organisation in the district.
The drone fitted to a light plane crashed during a routine exercise crashed on a ragi farm owned by one Bangarappa near Kudapur DRDO base.
A team of DRDO scientists rushed to the crash site and inspected the equipment. "DRDO technicians lost control of the 7-foot drone which crashed 3 km away from the base," a DRDO scientist told DH.
Published 21 February 2018, 19:02 IST