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07-06-2016, 02:34 PM
Irish man uses drone to elaborately rescue someone trapped in his bathroom
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Although the influx of domestic drone purchases has led to ** shortage of horrendous flying mishaps (http://mashable.com/2015/12/05/worst-drone-fails-2015/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), there are some skilled pilots out there using their drones for good.
On Tuesday, YouTuber coolkidirish (https://www.youtube.com/user/coolkidirish/videos) shared some drone footage of an elaborate rescue attempt — after someone apparently became stuck in his bathroom ("they were unable to get the door lock to open from the inside," he wrote (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lAaswsrs48)), he was able to use his DJI Phantom to hover outside the small upstairs window. This then allowed the person inside to tie the bathroom key to a bit of string suspended from the drone.
"We successfully retrieved the key and opened it from the outside for her," continued coolkidirish. "Mission success!" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/drone-rescue-locked-bathroom/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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On Tuesday, YouTuber coolkidirish (https://www.youtube.com/user/coolkidirish/videos) shared some drone footage of an elaborate rescue attempt — after someone apparently became stuck in his bathroom ("they were unable to get the door lock to open from the inside," he wrote (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lAaswsrs48)), he was able to use his DJI Phantom to hover outside the small upstairs window. This then allowed the person inside to tie the bathroom key to a bit of string suspended from the drone.
"We successfully retrieved the key and opened it from the outside for her," continued coolkidirish. "Mission success!" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/drone-rescue-locked-bathroom/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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