"'It should not be a matter of
luck that keeps an airplane and a drone apart,' said Rory Kay, a
training captain at a major airline and a former Air Line Pilots
Association safety committee chairman. 'So far we've been lucky because
if these things are operating in the sky unregulated, unmonitored and
uncontrolled, the possibility of a close proximity event or even a
collision has to be of huge concern.'
The
FAA requires that all drone operators receive permission from the
agency, called a certificate of authorization, before they can fly their
unmanned aircraft. Most certificates limit drones to 400 feet in
altitude and require that they remain within sight of the operator and
at least 5 miles away from an airport. Exceptions are made for some
government drones. The military flies drones in great swaths of airspace
in remote areas designated for military use. Customs and Border
Protection flies high-altitude drones along the U.S. borders with Mexico
and Canada."
the article lists several incidents. These should not happen. Keep planes and drones separate.
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