What is actually happening?
At the World Cup slalom of Madonna di Campiglio Austria superstar Marcel Hirscher was traveling as a penultimate runner in the second round, as just behind him a camera drone the TV provider Infront fell from the sky and almost hit the skier. Hirscher himself initially could not classify the incident, “I did not know what it is, but I sensed that there was something”.
How can this happen?
The cause of the accident is fast still not entirely clear. Because the race already lasted for a while and Hirscher was almost the last person, are battery problems close to the drone. Ralph Eder, spokesman for the German Ski Association, is in any case assume that “it is not operating but technical errors in such cases.” This is also critical for the technology of temperatures just below zero degrees, as they have ruled in Madonna. Infront was on Wednesday morning still busy elucidate the exact cause. A drone above the runway – which is common
No?. The agreement of the World Ski Federation FIS with Infront was that the drone only should fly “in a corridor next to the spectators”. On the other hand was clearly violated. In the skiing events in Germany, whose television images are responsible in general of ARD and ZDF, mainly cable cameras are used, according to Eder anyway, with which one can produce camera movements from the air. “And if drones are used, then certainly not in an area where the athletes may be endangered”. The issue is not “is prohibitive by itself,” said the DSV spokesman.
Now a new security debate is in skiing?
Probably because ” the issue of drones on the runway would have with the yesterday’s incident forever be done, “says Eder. It could eventually not acceptable that you try every year to make skiing safer to prevent bad falls by the wayside, “and then suddenly comes the danger from above”. The Fis himself said on Wednesday: “Something like this must never happen again.”
How Hirscher has responded to the incident
Relatively cool?. “I have this year received my Christmas present before. I am unhurt,” he commented after he realized how close he has escaped the crash. Even before he had tweeted: “poet air traffic today about Italy.”
poet air traffic in Italy! # xfe32f; # xfe354; Congrats to sensational Henrik Kristoffersen #dronecrash #weareskiing # verleihtfl # XFC; gel #drivinghomeforchristmas
Posted by Marcel Hirscher onnbsp; Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Were there such an incident before?
drones have frequently provided at sports events stir. When European Championship qualifier between Serbia and Albania floated a drone with a flag of Greater Albania to the square. There were riots, the game had to be stopped
Even a drone crash already existed. At the US Open in September a drone slammed on a staircase in the stands. And last year a triathlete was hit by a falling drone in Australia. The athlete suffered while a laceration to the head.
Can anyone with its drone just flying around everywhere?
No. There are clear rules that are different from country to country. According to air traffic regulations in Germany is: For aircraft over five kilograms you need an official permit. Unmanned flying objects that are heavier than 25 kilograms are prohibited. However clean privately used Hobby drones under five kilograms is allowed According to the German Air Traffic Control (DFS) usually fly without explicit permission – but always within sight of the pilots and not on gatherings of people, hospitals and disaster areas, power plants, prisons or military objectives. In the vicinity of airports, special rules apply, so drone flights are permitted for example in control zones of German airports only under certain conditions.
Caution, these areas are often large: In cities like Berlin and Hamburg drone flights are possible only under special conditions. For a first overview, the German Air Traffic Control has a leaflet with rules that hobby pilots have noted edited.
And if something happens anyway?
If you have a drone and you can fly, you must purchase insurance coverage. As a rule, personal liability insurance does not cover any damage, but there are special insurance for model builders and drone pilots. Note: The insurance may prescribe drone pilots where they are allowed to fly, so that the coverage is acquired – for instance, only on special model airfields.
Can we simply shoot the drone everything from the air and take pictures?
No. It applies to those taken from the ground, to protect the rights of his fellow men: the right to their own image and the right to privacy. Not even a new technique does not change. So if you want to fly over the property of his neighbor and film it and photograph should first obtain a permit for it.
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