Coast Guard: Unmanned Navy Aircraft Crashes in Md.

NANTICOKE, Md. (AP/WBOC)- The U.S. Coast Guard says an unmanned Naval aircraft has crashed on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and there are no injuries.

A spokeswoman for the Patuxent River Naval Air Station’s Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons program says a 44-foot unmanned aircraft on a routine maintenance flight crashed near Bloodsworth Island in southern Dorchester County at around noon Monday.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Jonathan Lindberg said the Coast Guard is setting up a safety zone around the marshy area.

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