WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — An investigation into the cause of the crash is underway.
"A US Air Force MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft crashed at approximately 11:50am, local time today in Southeast Turkey," the release stated.
No further details have been immediately available.
The same model of Predator drone crashed in a field near Adana, Turkey on August 18, but that cause of that crash is still under investigation.
US MQ-1 Predator from Incirlik air base crashes in a field in Adana, Turkey — https://t.co/YQZB8GlDg1
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