After a series of investigations of accidents involving DJI Matrice 200s, the U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) says it has issued its first safety recommendations aimed specifically at drone operations.
The investigations all involved Matrice 200-series drones that crashed while operating in rain. In each case, the drone lost power and flew out of control, “with the aircraft typically falling vertically to the ground,” the AAIB said.
As a result of the investigations, the AAIB said in a January report on one of the events that it was recommending that the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) notify users of DJI Matrice 200-series drones “of the possibility of moisture entering the aircraft when operating in rain, and that this could result in a sudden loss of control…
