S Korea 'crashed drone' turns out to be toilet door

The door was a similar sky blue colour to three drones recovered by South Korea in March and April.


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A crashed unmanned drone is seen on Baengnyeong, an island near the border with North Korea on April 1, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS

SEOUL: South Korea's defence ministry said Wednesday that a suspected crashed drone spotted by a walker was a false alarm - it was actually the door of a portable toilet.

A passer-by had reported seeing what he thought was the wreckage of a drone caught among rocks and trees in a fenced off military area, while walking on a hillside in southern Seoul.

But an investigation team sent to the area found that the object was actually the broken door of a portable toilet, a defence ministry spokesperson said.

The door was a similar sky blue colour to three drones recovered by South Korea in March and April.

"The shape from a distance and the colour was probably what created the confusion," the spokesperson told AFP.

Seoul said last week that a joint investigation with US experts had provided "smoking gun" proof that the three recovered drones were flown from North Korea and had been pre-programmed to fly over South Korean military installations.

North Korea angrily denied any link with the drones, accusing the South of "fabricating" the evidence.

COMMENTS (2)

antanu | 9 years ago | Reply

@Juan Grande: where does Iran come into this? Or you just shying away from the conspiracy theory and blame game with US ally...which was supposed to be a hallmark of Muslim countries only.

Juan Grande | 9 years ago | Reply

Maybe Iran can ape this technology too? Before you know it, they will have indoor plumbing.

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