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It is illegal for drones to shoot passenger planes at close range in the air!

AsiaIndustrial NetNews: On January 15th, a video went viral on the internet. Many people who watched the video were not calm. In the video, a civil airliner was flying gently towards the airport. At this time, the landing gear had been lowered and it was preparing to land. After the video ended, a photo of the drone popped out of the screen, with the following words: Video shooting use.

A netizen commented: “It is suspected that someone used a drone to shoot a passenger plane in flight at close range. Judging from the size of the plane, it may be only 100 meters away, which has seriously threatened aviation safety. It is recommended that the police intervene in the investigation!”

On January 16, the police investigation learned that at about 17:00 on January 15, a citizen, Yuan Mou, used a drone to shoot in Xinjie Town, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City, about 8.5 kilometers away from the airport. The drone took off to an altitude of 450 meters and photographed several passing civil airliners. The aerial photography took about 10 minutes. After the incident, Yuan took an 8-second video and uploaded it to a Feiyou QQ group, which was forwarded by netizens. According to the investigation, Yuan is an amateur pilot who purchased the drone at a price of 6,500 yuan at the end of last year.

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Yuan’s behavior has violated the “Interim Regulations on the Management of Civil Unmanned Aircraft System Pilots”. The regulations pointed out that the unmanned aerial vehicle must apply for an unmanned aerial vehicle certificate if the weight of the unmanned aerial vehicle exceeds 7 kilograms or the flight sight distance exceeds 500 meters and the relative height exceeds 120 meters. If it is found that there is a flight in violation of this regulation, it shall be criticized and dissuaded first. If the person does not obey the dissuasion and continues to fly, he may be punished as “Driving without a driver’s license or driving without a driver’s license” in accordance with Article 64 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Administrative Penalties for Public Security. Stealing another person’s aircraft”.

According to the relevant air control regulations of the “Basic Guidelines for Flight of the People’s Republic of China”, if you want to fly an aircraft, no matter how you fly, you must declare a flight plan to the relevant competent authorities such as civil aviation. If illegal flights are found, they will be criticized and discouraged first. Those who do not listen to the dissuasion may be given a warning in accordance with Article 41 of the “Regulations on General Aviation Flight Control”; if the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan may be imposed, and a Penalties of ordering the grounding of flights for 1 to 3 months, temporarily withholding until revoking the business license and pilot license; if a major accident or serious consequences are caused, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the Criminal Law on the crime of major flight accident.

If the above “black flying” behavior causes disturbance of the order of the unit and public order, etc., it may be punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 23 of the “Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People’s Republic of China” for disrupting the order of the unit and the public order; if the circumstances are serious and cause If there are serious consequences and serious losses, Articles 114 and 115 of the Criminal Law may be filed for investigation into the crime of endangering public security by dangerous means or the crime of negligently endangering public security.

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