The drone operator was obviously a young Chinese exchange student, who had recently purchased the $1,000 drone. Check DJI Phantom 3 review site. The operator has not been following basic drone regulations, flying at 700-800 feet as opposed to staying beneath the 400 ft altitude limit, and flying the drone outside of his own distinct site.
While no arrests have already been made at this stage, CHP officer James Andrews says they've filed reports using the air traffic control as well as the FAA for possible prosecution on the operator.
“Missed it by a lot less than 100 feet,” Andrews said inside a statement. “The pilot were required to make a very drastic, abrupt turn. It was very, very close…He looked outside, saw a red light, along with the time he explained to himself, ‘Is a drone?’ he seen that it was indeed a drone, and that it was almost in addition to him,” Andrews described.
The FAA says who's received 238 reports from pilots of drones flying within their airspace in 2014, but that 650 incidents happen to be reported between January 2015 and August 2015.
“The FAA is incredibly concerned with all the increasing reports we have been getting from pilots about small drones flying near their aircraft,” said FAA Spokesman Ian Gregor. “Some of such are flying a huge number of feet up or even in busy arrival and departure corridors.”
The expected flood of holiday drones – some estimates declare that 1.000.000 drones is going to be sold this christmas – has prompted the FAA to up their efforts on drone education. In this example, simply learning the basic regulations could have avoided the condition.
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