There had been a "technical malfunction", they said.
They said a technical malfunction was probably to blame.
This was not a technical malfunction on her end; rather, the site had been blocked.
The drone, when flying over Afghanistan, had a technical malfunction and crashed in Iran.
Safety officials have said pilot error or a technical malfunction might have contributed to the crash.
American officials said the drone had crashed after a technical malfunction.
American officials have attributed the loss of the drone to a technical malfunction.
That, Mr. Prince said, further contradicted claims that a technical malfunction was to blame.
Then, due to technical malfunction, I couldn't unblock her for a week, which led to a month-long row.
Yet, if you didn't know about the technical malfunction, you wouldn't have noticed too much amiss in the final quarter.
Some officials said a technical malfunction was the most likely cause but prosecutors in Chechnya opened a criminal investigation.
