Oslo Airport reminds drone users of hazards after incident closes runway
The airport's operators took the chance to gently remind users of the key rules and regulations governing their hobby after an incident closed its runway.
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The airport's operators took the chance to gently remind users of the key rules and regulations governing their hobby after an incident closed its runway.
Another amendment to the Air Navigation Order 2016, through which the new rules are being carried, will require the pilots of drones weighing more than 250 grams to register and take a test - or face a £1,000 fine.
Over the next two and a half years, the selectees will collect drone data involving night operations, flights over people and beyond the pilot’s line of sight, package delivery, detect-and-avoid technologies and the reliability and security of data links between pilot and aircraft.
The trial set out to tackle one of the biggest emerging threats for airports the world over - the rise in public use of drones.
Robird, as it is called, is designed to strike fear into the hearts of a wide range of potential runway hazards, including 'other' birds of prey.
Technology and a Federal programme has shrunk Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport's five-mile drone exclusion zone.
Speaking on behalf of the airport industry, ACI Europe today released its position on the implementation of safety and traffic management rules at an EU level on the use of drones.
New entrants into the US National Airspace System (NAS) are about more than unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). In addition to traditional drones, rockets and balloons (such as Google’s Project Loon) are competing for airspace at both low and high altitudes. Integrating these new entrants into the NAS is no easy…
A drafted bill aimed at clamping down on the reckless use of drones will be published by the UK Government in spring.
Passengers on a small domestic flight had a lucky escape after a drone flying illegally close to Quebec's Jean Lesage International Airport struck their plane.
Ferrovial Airports prepares its airports for the future by studying the incorporation of drones into its asset inspection regime at Southampton Airport.
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The partnership’s first product, to be launched later this year in the UK market, is a mobile app (for Android and iOS devices) enabling operators to purchase ‘pay-as-you-fly’ drone insurance at the touch of a button.
Opening the ICAO Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Symposium in Abuja yesterday, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu stressed the importance of a globally coherent regulatory framework for the management of unmanned air traffic.