Drones crash (a lot) but the military's safety lessons may help civilians[ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:15:45 GMT ]Around 9:30 on the night of May 1, 2011, an Air Force Predator that had been in the air for 18 hours began losing altitude, finally crashing near a U.S. base at Jalalabad, Afghanistan.The soldiers who brought the craft back to camp had to cut off its wings so it would fit in their vehicles. Cause of crash? Engine failure, clogged oil filter.Five years earlier, over American soil, a similar inciden...