The media tells us that a drone caused a microlight aircraft to crash here in New Zealand and that there are drones mennacing airliners on approach to our largest international airport. But how much of this is fact and how much is hype and hysteria drummed up by those wo fear for their livelihoods as much as their lives and a media which has long ago given up the ethics and principles of the Fourth Estate?
And why, given how concerned pilots claim to be over the rising number of incidents involving drones, are there no dashcams on airliners?
Here are links to some of the material mentioned in this rant:
Video: A22 Foxbat visits Tokoroa
Pilot says drone likely cause in Waihi plane crash
'Accident waiting to happen': Rod Vaughan returns to scene of Waihi plane crash
Government weighs tighter drone regulations amid safety concerns
NZ Airline Pilots Association
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