Civilian drone crashes into a Blackhawk!

[Nesher]

It was nearly Black Hawk down over Staten Island — when an Army chopper was struck by an illegally flying drone over a residential neighborhood, authorities said Friday.

The UA60 helicopter was flying 500 feet over Midland Beach alongside another Black Hawk, when the drone struck the chopper at around 8:15 p.m. Thursday, causing damage to its rotor blades

other incidents

• In February, a GoPro drone crashed through a Manhattan woman’s 27th floor window and landed just feet away from her as she sat in her living room.
•  A drone smashed into a Con Edison power plant near the East River in Brooklyn in March, causing it to break into pieces.
•  In July, a 52-year-old man was busted flying a drone 20 feet below a passenger jet as it was landing at JFK Airport.
•  In 2016, a New Jersey man, 28, was arrested for accidentally crashing a drone into the 40th floor of the Empire State Building.
• In 2014, a 34-year-old man was nabbed for flying one of the gadgets outside the National Tennis Center during a US Open quarter-final match featuring Serena Williams.
• In what is believed to be the first incident of its kind, a drone slammed into a packed British Airways jetliner in April 2016 as it was landing at London’s Heathrow Airport. The plane landed safely.

http://nypost.com/2017/09/22/army-helicopter-hit-by-drone/

 

I say it's only a matter of time we'll have "Air crash investigation" episode with a drone involved! :X

 

[Skyviper]

Wow. Here I am thinking about buying a drone to survey my property and it appears these things just might be outlawed.

[+MigBuster]

Well let any idiot use them and you get exactly what you expect.............probably should be banned.