radio-controlled aircraft getting sucked into the engines of aircraft is the set nightmare scenario that hasairports buying countermeasure , and the FAAdeploying an app . But what if a laggard bump a 747 would n’t be as big as everyone thinks ?
Anew studyuses data from razz strikes to try and model the frequency and severity of crashes we can ask from small quadcopters . Based on collisions with wildlife , the paper estimates we should see one detrimental collision for every 1.87 million hours of UAV flight time . Incidents that make injury or death are far less frequent than that .
https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-a-drone-hits-a-plane-5989318
Yes , drones are not snort , and a lot of the figures on the frequency of trailer bang in especial relies on some educate guesses . But neglect everything else , a 5 - pound drone like a DJI Phantom getting sucked into the engine of an airliner ( something that has not yet happened ! ) only results in harm 0.2 percent of the time .
Based on those numbers , the FAA would be well advised to disregard the bogeyman of drone - to - aircraft strikes , and instead concenter on the licit dangers imply with drones : hitting babies , cutting papa stars , or cause retard with shotguns to go hunting in a residential area .
[ MercatusviaCIO ]
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