Nigel_
Second Officer
Flight distance : 388642 ft
United Kingdom
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They have banned all their own drones so someone is going to be in big trouble for breaking the ban!
Helicopter pilot is already in trouble because although drones are supposed to give way to manned helicopters, that doesn't give the pilot the right to fly into them if they don't.
"a. Aircraft operations for the purpose of air navigation. No person may operate an aircraft in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another."
Also, he shouldn't have been closer than 500ft to the drone or the drone operator:
"c. Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure."
Although it seems likely he was over a congested area, even if he was flying over water near the beach so more likely the rule should be:
"b. Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft."
Seems unlikely he was obeying that one... "An Army Black Hawk helicopter was struck by a drone at approximately 500 feet over a residential neighborhood"
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