An unmanned US air force predator spy plane has been lost over Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Monday. Spokesman Richard Mcgraw said the predator drone surveillance plane disappeared Friday. The US central command, which is conducting the Afghanistan campaign, said in a statement the plane was lost during a mission in bad weather. Reports indicate that severe weather contributed to the loss, the statement said.
There are no plans to recover the aircraft, the first military unmanned aerial vehicle lost in support of operation enduring freedom, the statement said, adding no sensitive technology would be lost should it fall into the hands of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers or the Al-Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden, the man wanted for the September 11 terrorist strikes on the United States. Bureau Report