SMH (Drone crashes at U.S. Open)

SightGeist · Sep 4, 2015

huppe · Sep 4, 2015

At first, she thought it might be a bomb.Quote 1
"If there had been spectators, it would have hit them and done a lot of damage," Pennetta said.
Jesus let that girl playing tennis instead of saying such things.
If,if I had no ***** I would be girl.

Hercules_One · Sep 4, 2015

What kind of drone is that? Never seen it

Yogi · Sep 4, 2015

Hercules_One said:
What kind of drone is that? Never seen it

Looks like a Solo.

Ibflyen · Sep 4, 2015

It sounded like he was arrested. If he intentionally fly into the U.S. Open I hope they throw the book at him! Make an example to the rest of the morons out there!!

Ibflyen · Sep 4, 2015

He is Very lucky no one was sitting where it crashed! I can't believe anyone could be stupid enough to think there is nothing wrong about flying over the U.S. Open while there is play going on! They don't even want whispers out of the people watching and he thinks it ok to be buzzing overhead of some of the best tennis players in the world!
Makes us all look like a$$holes no matter how safe and considerate the majority of us are! Not good!!

World Media · Sep 4, 2015

*****G idiot.

AutoAir · Sep 4, 2015

Joola said:
They could maybe slap him with reckless endangerment but otherwise, I'm not sure what laws he broke. I'm fairly sure the stadium for the US Open holds less than 30,000 so there isn't a TFR over the venue.

Reckless endangerment and LaGuardia airport is less than 3 miles away. So depending on his altitude he could have an airspace infraction as well if he didn't contact the airport before flying.

Blue Bird · Sep 4, 2015

This is the part that ticks me off!! (He was a teacher at the Academy of Innovative Technology in Brooklyn.) He should have known better!!
Here is the full story.. Watch a Drone Crash into the Stands at U.S. Open - Inside Edition

JohnHan · Sep 4, 2015

When you think you have seen the worst of it, a bigger idiot materializes.

Let's make a list of the things he should have known:
1. I'm a teacher I should set an example
2. I'm a technologist I should have known how fragile these systems are and realized the probability of failure.
3. I'm just a decent human being I should have known that flying over a venue with 4 high-speed propellers would mark me as an uncaring, narcissistic douche

Blue Bird said:
This is the part that ticks me off!! (He was a teacher at the Academy of Innovative Technology in Brooklyn.) He should have known better!!

CaptainBadge · Sep 4, 2015

Inching closer to an outright regulations nightmare one idiot at a time.

turbodronepilot · Sep 4, 2015

Blue Bird said:
This is the part that ticks me off!! (He was a teacher at the Academy of Innovative Technology in Brooklyn.) He should have known better!!
Here is the full story.. Watch a Drone Crash into the Stands at U.S. Open - Inside Edition

The drone operator at the us open was charged with wreck less endangerment. .sounds pretty expensive. .
apparently there are already laws in place to deal with this kind of pilot ..
Also on inside edition there was a case about a guy who filmed outside of a hospital and was charged for unlawful spying or something like that and was found not guilty by a jury trial... hopefully this case will help other pilots who face similar charges stay out of jail in Florida and California. .
I'm curious if anyone knows what caused the solo to crash ??
Funny that the gimble (if it had one) and the camera detached upon impact. .cha ching...

CaptainBadge · Sep 4, 2015

I am going to go get myself arrested just so I can sit in the cell next to him and look at him like this all night.

Ozziepauly · Sep 4, 2015

The FAA and court case will determine the exact cause

A likely cause of this crash was the interference of the broadcast equipment.

Have flown over broadcast equipment with immediate loss of signal.

This guy did not consider the possibility of radio interference.