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I agree with you that we don't need an expansive surveillance infrastructure around drones (yet), but > have not had a single incident involving injury or deat
by jjwiseman 6y ago
I agree with you that we don't need an expansive surveillance infrastructure around drones (yet), but
> have not had a single incident involving injury or death
That is... very wrong. Don't do an image search on "drone injury" unless you have a strong stomach.
Drone cuts off tip of photographer's nose: https://www.brooklynpaper.com/drone-strike-our-photographer-injured-by-tgi-fridays-mistletoe-copter/ https://www.brooklynpaper.com/drone-strike-our-photographer-...
Drone injures Australian triathlete: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26921504 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26921504
Drone injures bystanders in Virginia crowd: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/drone-crashes-into-virginia-bull-run-crowd/2013/08/26/424e0b9e-0e00-11e3-85b6-d27422650fd5_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/drone-crashes-into-virgi...
RC plane kills spectator at football game: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/15/archives/fan-hurt-by-model-plane-at-halftime-at-shea-dies-disregard-charged.html https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/15/archives/fan-hurt-by-mode...
RC helicopter kills 19-year-old: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/nyregion/remote-controlled-copter-fatally-strikes-pilot-at-park.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/nyregion/remote-controlle...
- chrisdalke 6y agoThank you for collecting that list, I stand corrected. I've heard that original statement echoed several times in the RC community -- But I think sometimes people are separating out incidents from gas RC aircraft, RC helicopters, commercial operation etc. in a way that might be a little disingenuous.