Site of the plane crash
Israel Aerospace Industries UAV crashes in northern Israel
Heron 1 drone crashes into a house in the village of Zalafa in Wadi Ara, causing a fire to break out; seven people, five of them children, suffer from smoke inhalation.
An Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed during a training flight near Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel on Tuesday afternoon.
The UAV crashed into a house in the village of Zalafa in Wadi Ara, causing a fire to break out.
As a result, seven people who were in the house at the time, among them five children, suffered from smoke inhalation. The seven were taken to the HaEmek Medical Center in light condition.
The site of the crash (Photo: United Hatzalah)
The site of the crash
The IAI said it was investigating the causes of the crash.
The Transportation Ministry initially reported that the UAV crash landed on an abandoned house.
