UK moves to regulate drones with registration scheme and safety tests
All privately operated drones in the UK will soon need to comply with new regulations, following a number of near-misses with planes in the skies over Britain.
Drones weighing 250 grams or over will have to be registered, and users will be required to sit safety-awareness tests, the UK government announced on Saturday.
The plans come after mounting concern about the threat posed by drones to commercial and passenger aircraft. While there hasn't yet been a collision, the UK Airprox Board, which reports on occurrences in British airspace, recorded 15 drone-related incidents in June.
The Guardian has reported that in one case, a drone flew within 20 metres of an Airbus A320 on approach to Heathrow.
Aviation minister Lord Callanan said that the new measures would both improve safety and put the UK in a position to benefit from the growing drone market. "The UK is at the forefront of an exciting and fast-growing drones market and it is important we make the most of this emerging global sector," he said aviation minister. "Our measures prioritise protecting the public while maximising the full potential of drones."
"By registering drones, introducing safety-awareness tests to educate users we can reduce the inadvertent breaching of airspace restrictions to protect the public."
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