Report: Most drone accidents caused by the tech and **t the operator
 

Report: Most drone accidents caused by the tech and **t the operator
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If you believe the hype, we're mere minutes from having hot meals delivered by drone. That's why it's concerning we k**w so little about drone accidents and what causes them.

A team of academics in Australia have tried to remedy that lack of information. Led by Graham Wild, a senior lecturer in aviation at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, they reviewed a sample of 152 global drone event reports between 2006 and 2015.*

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Examining cases gathered from databases such as the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Accident and Incident Data System, they found tech**logy issues were to blame, more often than **t, for accidents — as opposed to human error. Read more...

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