Not exact matches
By requiring users to register their drones the FAA hopes to curb a recent spate of close calls between drones and commercial
aircraft as well as
incidents like the recent high - profile
crash of a photography drone into the stands at the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
The first
incident was in November 2016 when a MiG - 29K ran out of fuel while waiting for repairs to the arresting wire, and the second was just a month later, when an Su - 33
crashed because the arresting wire failed to hold the
aircraft.
«This is a concerning rate,» Dedrone CEO Jorg Lamprecht told CNBC, «especially in light of international
incidents where drones have
crashed into other
aircraft, and been used by terrorists, and used in other illicit activities.»
The results of an investigation into the
incident where a Tropic Air
aircraft crash - landed in the sea moments after it attempted lift - off at the Placencia airstrip in November are still to be released.
In the event of an aviation accident or airplane
crash, there may be numerous parties who were responsible for the
incident — the pilot, airline, airport,
aircraft manufacturer, insurance companies and others.