Flight Safety Foundation recently urged the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to accelerate efforts to fashion appropriate standards and recommended practices for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones.
In a Feb. 21 letter to ICAO Secretary General Fang Liu, Foundation President and CEO Jon Beatty also urged all countries to “intensify efforts to develop proportionate and risk-based approaches for drone laws and regulations that ensure the public’s safety, including by direct regulation of recreational drones, with adequate tracking and identification.” He also encouraged regulators to consider mandating technologies such as geo-fencing, altitude limiters and line-of-sight controls for equipment used by hobbyists. You can read the full letter here and the accompanying <...
