Bald eagle attacks government drone and sends it to bottom of Lake Michigan

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In what state officials are describing tongue-in-cheek as a “brazen attack,” a bald eagle recently snatched a $950 drone belonging to the state of Michigan that was being flown to document shoreline erosion damage in the Upper Peninsula. After a brief tussle, the big bird ripped off one of the propellers from the small spinning aircraft and sent it to the bottom of Lake Michigan near Escanaba, state workers said.

“The attack could have been a territorial squabble with the electronic foe, or just a hungry eagle. Or maybe it did not like its name being misspelled,” the department said in a news release today. “EGLE’s drone team is considering steps to reduce the possibility of a repeat attack, including possibly using ‘skins’ or other designs on the aircraft to make them look less like seagulls.”

The drone was a Phantom 4 Pro Advanced, which will be replaced, the department said.

Source: https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/08/bald-eagle-attacks-states-950-drone-in-up-sends-it-to-bottom-of-lake-michigan.html

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