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.
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.
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.