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Why did they close the airspace, chuckles?
Posted on: October 31, 2016 at 14:26:50 CT
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The FAA closed the airspace a couple of days after authorities said a drone approached a helicopter monitoring the protest in a “threatening manner,” according to the local sheriff’s office.
North Dakota Highway Patrol Captain Bryan Niewind said in a press conference the issue is not that drones were flying near law enforcement, but that authorities were surveying the area with manned aircraft while the drones were in the air.
.........“That helicopter was buzzed repeatedly by a drone, maybe it was multiple drones, but there was a drone that was buzzing by this helicopter,” he said. Niewind claimed the drone came within 30 to 50 feet of the helicopter’s blades.
A sheriff on board the helicopter told law enforcement on the ground that the helicopter pilot and passengers were “in fear of their lives,” and that the “drone came after us,” said Sheriff Kyle L. Kirchmeier of Morton County Sheriff’s Department in a statement.
North Dakota Highway Patrol Captain Bryan Niewind said in a press conference the issue is not that drones were flying near law enforcement, but that authorities were surveying the area with manned aircraft while the drones were in the air.
.........“That helicopter was buzzed repeatedly by a drone, maybe it was multiple drones, but there was a drone that was buzzing by this helicopter,” he said. Niewind claimed the drone came within 30 to 50 feet of the helicopter’s blades.
A sheriff on board the helicopter told law enforcement on the ground that the helicopter pilot and passengers were “in fear of their lives,” and that the “drone came after us,” said Sheriff Kyle L. Kirchmeier of Morton County Sheriff’s Department in a statement.
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Why did they close the airspace, chuckles? - Spanky KU - 10/31 14:26:50
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