First flight waiver over crowds

[slim.slamma]

CNN Awarded First FAA Waiver Allowing Drone Flights Over Crowds

Finally its been a hard fight

 

[slim.slamma]

The small device that was approved, a Snap drone, has internal rotors and is designed to break apart in the event of a crash to prevent injuries. Time Warner Inc.’s CNN and Vantage Robotics, the company that built it, say they spent two years designing and testing the drone

 

[Casey53]

I think they had the first over crowd approval with the tethered Kite-drone they had too.

 

[BigAl07]

I'm not sure why some places are "reporting" this as new. This was issued to CNN in August 2016.

8/29/2016 8/31/2020 Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN) Greg Agvent (PDF) 107.39 Operation Over Human Beings


Also take notice it was "Revised" in July of 2017.
7/20/2017 7/31/2021 Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN) David Vigilante (PDF) 107.39

Here's a link to the actual waiver if anyone wants to review it
CNN 107.39 Waiver