As of February 5, 2019, Ukraine has registered 67 aircraft engaged in aviation application of agricultural chemistry. Of these, 50 aircraft were constructed during the Soviet Union and are very morally obsolete, according to Valery Yevtushenko, founder of Megadrone and Gps-tracker.com.ua, in the framework of the seminar “New Technologies in Agricultural Production: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Plant Protection Systems” ".

The Mi-2 helicopter, which conducted the field processing on July 13, 2018, was hooked by a screw on power lines. 5 settlements remained without electricity, and the pilot died. The man did not have the rights to control the helicopter.

A single-seat plane was processing corn fields near the village of Nikolayevak, Romny district, Sumy region on July 13, 2018. Due to a malfunction, the plane crashed, the pilot died.

The light-engine aircraft “X-32 Bekas” was processing fields near the village of Zarudye, Romny district, Sumy region, July 15, 2018. The plane crashed, the pilot died.

Recall that in Ukraine the release of Korean agrodrons will soon begin, which will undoubtedly correct the situation in the agricultural aviation system.