The issue of threats by drones to commercial air traffic came to the fore after London’s second-busiest airport, Gatwick Airport, was severely disrupted in December when drones were sighted on three consecutive days. Officials say there are hundreds of thousands of additional drones that are not registered.Ĭongress last year gave the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security new powers to disable or destroy threatening drones after officials raised concerns about the use of drones as potential weapons.Įarlier this month, the FBI said authorities confiscated six drones whose owners violated a temporary order not to fly the devices in the Atlanta area ahead of the NFL’s Super Bowl. There are nearly 1.3 million registered drones in the United States and more than 116,000 registered drone operators. The agency said if it did not act quickly that “first responders could be exposed to additional risk during the notice and comment period* as a result of the attention drawn to the vulnerability.” The FAA said it first received concerns about drone ID numbers in December 2016 from law enforcement but delayed acting because of lawsuits challenging the drone registration rules. The agency said the move is at the request of law enforcement and the FAA’s interagency security partners “regarding the risk a concealed explosive device poses to first responders who must open a compartment to find the small unmanned aircraft’s registration number.” 12, in the Federal Register it is requiring the “registration number to be marked on the exterior of the aircraft.” The FAA said in a notice published on Tuesday, Feb. In 2015, the FAA published rules requiring all drones to register prior to operation and that a government registration number be accessible in a battery compartment or other similar location. security officials and to make it easier to identify owners. 12) it is requiring small drones to display registration numbers on the exterior to address concerns raised by U.S. (by David Shepardson, Reuters) WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday (Feb.
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