UAV - Global Hawk diverted til NAS Brunswick, Maine

US Navy Global Hawk Strays into

Canadian Airspace

A U.S. Navy Global Hawk wandered into Canadian-controlled
airspace this week off the coast of NovaScotia. It was over the ocean
when it crossed into the Canadian zone about 230 kilometres
southwest of Yarmouth.The U.S. navy’s Global Hawk was on its way
to Maryland on Tuesday morning after a six-month tour in the
Middle East. Bad weather forced it to divert to an airfield in Maine.
“Normally we would receive the flight plan that would indicate its
route of flight through Canadian airspace in advance,” said Michelle
Bishop of Nav Canada, the corporation that operates Canada’s civil
air navigation system.
She said the aircraft would then be handed off from U.S. air traffic controllers to Canadian controllers before it entered the airspace.
Bishop said the drone came less than three kilometres into the
Canadian zone. She said there was no danger, since the UAS cruise
at altitudes above 15,240 metres.

Nav Canada has referred the incident to the Royal Canadian Air
Force to improve co-ordination and ensure the mistake is not
repeated.