EXCLUSIVE: Drone crash lands in Manhattan

[hrmjustin]

Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A small helicopter drone flying high above buildings on the East side of Manhattan crash landed just feet away from a businessman during the Monday evening rush hour.

Video he recovered from a memory card in the crash debris shows the drone twenty to thirty stories above the busy streets and crowded sidewalks near Grand Central Station.

The businessman reached out to Eyewitness News saying he thinks the 3-pound drone could have seriously injured him had he taken a direct hit.

He called police who took a look at the drone video, but did no further investigation because they said no law was broken.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=9270668

[djean111]

1. Welcome to the future.

I wonder if drones will get some sort of protection from being liable for doing damages when they crash.
Corrected to wonder if drones will get some sort of immunity from causing damages.

[hrmjustin]

2. Interesting question. I think they should.

[djean111]

4. I misspoke. I am afraid drones will get some sort of immunity if they hurt people.

Like vaccines and Monsanto and high speed police chases and generic drugs.

[hrmjustin]

6. And the poster below brought up a good point. A no fly zone over Manhattan.

[DJ13]

3. they said no law was broken.

I thought theres a no fly zone located above NYC after 9/11?

[hrmjustin]

5. I thought that as well.

[intaglio]

7. From the engine noise "beat"

This was a bog standard hobbyists quad-rotor or hex-rotor, probably remote controlled not an antonymous drone.