There are more drones than ever , buta novel reportclaims that sightings by pilots are strike , so it ’s potential we can put to rest some of the awe over a pilotless aircraft bringing a plane down .
To be absolved , the report is from the pro - drone Academy of Model Aeronautics , so it should be demand with a grain of salt . AMA analyzed FAA datum and found that , while there are still a lot more pilot light drone pipe sightings now than in 2014 , sighting peaked last summertime and have been falling ever since . Of these sighting , it claims only 3.3 percent were truly close calls .
This is all near news , but since the pass numbers enshroud less than a year , there could be other reasons for the lack of sighting . For one , it seems plausible that more people vanish drones in the warmer month than in the winter ones when sightings commence to turn down .
The drone - sports meeting - engine scenario seems pretty damn frightening nevertheless . To combat the problem , the FAA is testing out a system of rules totrack drones getting too closeandmaking an appto show just where it ’s okay to fly . But someresearch suggeststhat even if the unfit chance , drone interference might cause injury only about 0.2 percent of the prison term . That ’s not good , of course , but it ’s still far more reassuring than the assured - death scenario keep everyone up at dark .
[ Washington Post ]
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