Vietnam military seizes UAV illegally operating in Danang's restricted airspace zone


A man, who operated an unmanned aerial vehicle along the Nguyen Tat Thanh coastal road in Hoa Khanh Ward, Danang City, at the local police station on Feb 24, 2026. —VNA/VNS

DANANG: Military authorities in the coastal central city of Danang have detained an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) after it was flown illegally inside a restricted airspace zone, posing a potential threat to civil aviation safety along the Nguyen Tat Thanh coastal road in Hoa Khanh Ward on Monday (Feb 24).

At around 2pm, during a routine coastal patrol, officers from the municipal Military Command discovered a local man, residing in Hòa Khánh’s Residential Group 24, operating a flycam within a no-fly zone.

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