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  "url": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23345422",
  "note": "Citable weekly snapshot (CSV + JSON) archived on Zenodo; this DOI always resolves to the latest version."
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  "id": "riga-airport-runaway-drone-2020-05-02",
  "title": "Runaway test drone prompts Riga airspace restrictions",
  "place": "Riga",
  "country": "Latvia",
  "countryCode": "LV",
  "date": "2020-05-02",
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  "summary": "A test drone lost control in Latvia on 2 May 2020. Airspace restrictions affected Riga Airport on 3 May while authorities searched for it. Later examination of the recovered drone showed that it had already landed on 2 May.",
  "impact": "LSM reports an airport spokesperson confirming a diverted flight. These were precautionary aviation restrictions; they do not establish that the drone remained airborne throughout the search. No physical airport damage or injury established.",
  "evidence": "LSM relays separate airport-operator and manufacturer accounts through LETA. The CAA later examined the recovered aircraft and its data. The follow-up concerns the same drone, not a second event; overlapping CAA reporting is acknowledged.",
  "unknown": "The initial report describes continued searches and an alleged later sighting, but the CAA says recorded data showed a2May landing. Do not describe a multi-day continuous flight. The aircraft was found15May and the notice published17May. Riga is the affected airport association, not a drone-position claim. No route, coordinates, altitude or recovery site reproduced. No hostile intent or state sponsorship established.",
  "attribution": "No operator or responsible organisation established by the reviewed sources.",
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    "url": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/pazudusa-drona-del-slegta-lidostas-riga-gaisa-telpa-drons-pieder-uavfactory.a358323/",
    "published": "2020-05-03",
    "family": "latvian-public-media"
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    "label": "Latvian CAA: recovered drone and recorded landing date",
    "url": "https://www.caa.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/atrasts-ieprieks-bez-kontroles-lidojosais-drons-17052020",
    "published": "2020-05-17",
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    "date": "2020-05-02",
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    "quote": "Slēgta arī lidostas \"Rīga\" gaisa telpa",
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    "quote": "drons nolaidās 2. maijā",
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   "note": "Only published archive records with an editorial entity mapping; unassigned records excluded. Not all real-world incidents or a common cause. No same-day matching."
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   "note": "Official aggregate claims, not independently verified kills. Parts are included only when explicitly sourced and sum to the reported total. Catalogue countermeasures are not incident evidence.",
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  "url": "https://droneincidents.com/incident/riga-airport-runaway-drone-2020-05-02/",
  "citation": "DroneLedger, “Runaway test drone prompts Riga airspace restrictions”, dossier riga-airport-runaway-drone-2020-05-02, revision 1, updated 2026-10-16. https://droneincidents.com/incident/riga-airport-runaway-drone-2020-05-02/",
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    "date": "2026-10-16",
    "at": "2026-10-16T01:12:52.171+00:00",
    "note": "Curated dossier created after checking the cited sources line by line."
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