Investigation finds $13 million US military Reaper drone crashed into the sea after an unexplained failure saw its propeller fall off

• 06/12/2025, 12:13 PM
• businessinsider.com

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Victoria Nuzzi

The US military lost one of its Reaper drones after a part failed, causing the propeller to fall off on a mission last year and forcing the $13 million combat aircraft to make a crash landing in the Mediterranean Sea, a recently released investigation revealed.