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November 13, 2014

More drones popping up in U.S. skies

  • The FAA's near-total ban on their use has been ignored by operators ranging from real estate agents to farmers who use them to monitor crops.
    • By JOAN LOWY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — More than a million small drone aircraft have been sold in the past few years, and a growing number of them are turning up in the skies near airports and airliners, posing a risk of collision. Reports of drone sightings near other planes, helicopters and airfields are reaching the government almost daily, say federal and industry officials.

    It's a sharp increase from just two years ago when such reports were still unusual.


     
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