The exception: drones being used in emergencies, such as fighting wildfires, search and rescue, and dealing with natural disasters.
Tag Archives: UAVs
Drones shut down major international airport
A drone operator has repeatedly flown two (UAVs close to the runway, grounding flights at the airport since last night.
‘Iceman’ hacker charged with running drone-smuggling ring from jail
Max Ray Vision says he’s innocent of owning the phone used to orchestrate the scheme and ripping off debit cards to fund the drone purchase.
Drone owner fined for putting police helicopter crew ‘in danger’
It’s the first ever prosecution under UK drone laws for a flight that could have turned deadly, as did a recent helicopter disaster in Leicester.
US prisons looking for drone-killing systems
The Feds are looking for a system to detect them, knock them out and find their operators. Oh, and please clean up the mess, too. 
Misbehaving drones increasingly plague UK and US skies
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Super Annoying (And Dangerous) UAVs! 
Drones buzz around LAPD chopper, crash into US Open and football stadiums
Police arrested operators who allegedly threatened lives by crashing UAVs into stadiums or flying within sneezing distance of a helicopter.
California governor shoots down 350-foot no-fly drone law
He vetoed the bill because, he says, litigation would rain down on hobbyists and FAA-authorized operators. “Let’s look at this more carefully,” he said. 
NoFlyZone aims to keep the airspace over your home drone-free
NoFlyZone.org registers each address along with its GPS coordinates, which are then relayed to drone manufacturers to create a geofence around the home.