Nesher 628 Posted September 27, 2017 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyviper 1,101 Posted September 27, 2017 Wow. Here I am thinking about buying a drone to survey my property and it appears these things just might be outlawed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted September 27, 2017 Well let any idiot use them and you get exactly what you expect.............probably should be banned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
