India, April 22 -- An MQ-4C Triton crash amid the Iran war has been confirmed through data from the United States Navy and publicly available flight logs.

The Naval Safety Command's latest aviation mishaps report noted a Triton crash on April 9 but did not disclose the location, Axios reported.

The drone disappeared from flight-tracking platforms while operating near the Persian Gulf, as first reported by The War Zone. Data indicated it rapidly lost altitude shortly before vanishing from public tracking.

At roughly $240 million a unit, the Northrop Grumman-made maritime surveillance drone ranks among the most expensive losses linked to the Iran conflict.

The large unmanned aircraft, with a wingspan of about 130 feet, can fly above 50,...