The Montgomery County sheriff’s office in Texas had planned a big photo opportunity with their newly acquired surveillance drone. It all went horrible wrong when, according to the Examiner, “[The] prototype drone was flying about 18 feet off the ground [and] it lost contact with the controller’s console on the ground. It’s designed to go into an auto shutdown mode … but when it was coming down, the drone crashed into the SWAT team’s armored vehicle.” (The SWAT team had suited up, armored vehicle on hand, for the purpose of the photo.)(visit the link for the full news article)
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story mistakenly stated the drone crash happened this week. The incident took place a number of months ago, but remains an important reminder of safety issues pertaining to domestic drones
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Originally posted by Trexter Ziam
This is old news. It's not the OP's fault because even his or her source article had a current date on it! It happened last March 2012.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story mistakenly stated the drone crash happened this week. The incident took place a number of months ago, but remains an important reminder of safety issues pertaining to domestic drones.
