Posted on 06/24/2016 7:36:42 PM PDT by Gamecock
Picture this: You're out enjoying a sporting event, just minding your own business. All of a sudden a 2.7-pound DJI Phantom 3 drone falls from the sky and beans you squarely in the head. What do you do? You file a lawsuit.
That's exactly what happened to 38-year-old Stéphanie Creignou, who unfortunately suffered injuries when the drone fell from the sky and crashed directly into her head. She has yet to get back to work, and as a result of her injuries, she was forced to cancel a vacation she had already planned with her husband.
You can see it in the video footage captured by VTOL-X Drones, a professional drone provider that was hired by event organizers to obtain aerial footage of the event.
Drone operator Rosaire Turcotte is unsure of how he lost control of the drone or how the incident occurred. In an interview with VAT News, he attests that he has "zero explanation" and believes he "acted in the safest way possible."
According to VTOL-X Drones company CEO Flavio Martincowski in an interview with PetaPixel, the man was actually operating the drone without the proper permits and (clearly) flying too close to a gathering of people. In fact, the incident transpired just after VTOL-X Drones questioned Turcotte about those very things.
Currently the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the crash, which could easily have been avoided had the drone's operator paid more attention to regulations in place to keep this things from happening. Accidents do happen -- but this is a very unfortunate and preventable one.
State Farm ot to come out with drone insurance solved
Came down hard and fast. At nearly three pounds, it could have resulted in a fatality. We’re probably going to see one someday, sooner rather than later. I hate to see the government sticking its nose into everything, but should every Tom, Dick and drunken Harry be flying around these potential lethal missiles over large crowds?
That would be illegal in the US. The guy was an idiot for flying his drone at a crowded venue like that.
Drones need to be regulated. It’s clear that most owner-operators don’t know how to use them in a considerate, common sense way. They have to be told what that means. No peeping in dining room or bedroom windows, no straffing as though you were a Blue Angel. Some folks refuse to tolerate the intrusion, and will just shoot down now, answer questions later- maybe.
Big mistake to let the average idiot fly a drone.
Maybe there is a giant freak head defense.
We need common sense universal background checks for all drone operators.
If Obama can kill people with a drone, why cant I?
Drunken Harry should not be flying.
Hey, he was just trying to give her a free haircut.
The bad breaker-upper. d;^)
NTSB is investigating?
Good Grief!
Never mind, this is in Canada.
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