Why we don't fly over crowds (Original Post By Darrell Burkey DIYDRONES)

[Roberto Navoni]

 

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted here given it's raising a lot of discussion elsewhere in regards to flying safely and it's safety month here.

Discussions on other forums have gone from 'what an idiot' to 'what a great job of being prepared and doing the right thing'. Personally, I thought it was a very good example of doing the right thing. The pilot was no where near the crowd and flying only over water where there was no chance of hurting anyone if anything went wrong, which it did. They had CAA approval being right next to the London city airport.

More information about the event including how a diver recovered the camera on the UAS Vision website.