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I have to take my hat off to Norwich Police for their common sense in dealing with this.
While I wouldn’t condone flouting the law, the decision by the police to take no further action in this case has to be commended. It looks to me as though the operator was flying from a pretty open area judging by the footage (and a glance at Google Maps) and just wanted a shot of the beautiful buildings.
What concerns me far more is that 1. somebody felt the need to report it, even though there appears to have been little risk and 2. Why on earth the BBC felt it newsworthy on their news app given that (for example) driving offences which have resulted in injuries and convictions often do not make it into their news reporting.
(Edit) It is also annoying that the BBC have used what appears to be Drone Assist to indicate that the operator was flying too close to the airport, when in fact they were outside the FRZ and ATZ and well over 5km from the airport.
Far too many in the UK see themselves as surrogate police and are only too keen to create misery for others while turning a blind eye to greater wrongdoing under their noses. As for the BBC this just proves their lack of impartiality where hobbyist UAVs are concerned.
Rant over!
While I wouldn’t condone flouting the law, the decision by the police to take no further action in this case has to be commended. It looks to me as though the operator was flying from a pretty open area judging by the footage (and a glance at Google Maps) and just wanted a shot of the beautiful buildings.
What concerns me far more is that 1. somebody felt the need to report it, even though there appears to have been little risk and 2. Why on earth the BBC felt it newsworthy on their news app given that (for example) driving offences which have resulted in injuries and convictions often do not make it into their news reporting.
(Edit) It is also annoying that the BBC have used what appears to be Drone Assist to indicate that the operator was flying too close to the airport, when in fact they were outside the FRZ and ATZ and well over 5km from the airport.
Far too many in the UK see themselves as surrogate police and are only too keen to create misery for others while turning a blind eye to greater wrongdoing under their noses. As for the BBC this just proves their lack of impartiality where hobbyist UAVs are concerned.
Rant over!
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