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Drones / eVTOL · 2026 incidents

12 documented incidents where industry is Drones / eVTOL and year is 2026, across 9 companies, 2026. Every row cites its source; severity runs S1 (near miss) to S5 (fatal or catastrophic). Entity pages: Drones / eVTOL · 2026.

12Unique incidents
9Companies involved
S4Highest severity
100%Verified
0%From regulators
2026Years covered

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Incident list

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S204 Sep 2026Zipline malfunction Cypress, TX, USAZipline Platform 2 delivery drone suffers in-flight malfunction, parachutes onto Highway 6 near Houston · 1 drone DroneXL
S325 Aug 2026EHang regulatory ChinaEHang Withdraws Outlook After Industry Air Incident Spurs Regulatory Caution Yahoo Finance
S413 Aug 2026General Atomics Aeronautical Systems mission-loss —US lost roughly 25% of MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet during Iran war · 25% of US Reaper fleet (~45 aircraft) lost The Washington Post / Je
S404 Aug 2026Kratos Defense & Security Solutions crash Dugway Proving Ground, UT, USAXQ-58 Valkyrie crashes at Dugway Proving Ground, flights paused · 1 aircraft TWZ
S403 Aug 2026Tekever mission-loss Russia-Ukraine borderTekever AR3 StormShroud UAV shot down and recovered by Russian forces · 1 UAV (AR3 StormShroud) Euronews
S303 Aug 2026DJI regulatory USAFCC public notice would retroactively revoke sales authorization for DJI Air 3S, Mini 5 Pro, Avata 360 over LiDAR classification · 3 drone models Tech Times / SpaceWar
S426 Jul 2026Baykar crash —Bayraktar Akıncı shot down over Yemen (first confirmed combat loss) Defence Security Asia
S219 Jun 2026Manna disruption IrelandManna pauses all drone deliveries in Ireland due to planning uncertainty BreakingNews.ie
S319 May 2026Manna regulatory Dublin 15, IrelandFingal County Council refuses Manna drone-hub retention permission over noise, forcing Dublin 15 shutdown Irish Independent
S404 May 2026Skydweller Aero crash Gulf Of MexicoSkydweller UAS crash attributed to turbulent weather · 1 prototype aircraft (converted Solar Impulse 2) Aviation Week / Popular
S307 Mar 2026DJI cyber —DJI Pays $30K Bug Bounty After Researcher Hacks 7,000 Robot Vacuums The Tech Buzz
S211 Feb 2026DJI cyber Multiple countriesDJI Cloud Authorization Bug Exposes Data From Nearly 7,000 Robot Vacuums · ~7,000 devices across 24 countries Popular Science

Companies involved

DJI 3Manna 2Zipline 1EHang 1General Atomics Aeronautical Systems 1Kratos Defense & Security Solutions 1Tekever 1Baykar 1Skydweller Aero 1

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