In this 2015 file photo, an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada.
Mandatory Credit:	Isaac Brekken/Getty Images/File

In this 2015 file photo, an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada.
Mandatory Credit: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images/File

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US drone that crashed in Yemen appears to have been shot down by Houthi missile

Initial indications are that a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed near Hodeidah in Yemen early Monday morning was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile, a US official said Tuesday.