12-06-2023 14:36 via constructionenquirer.com

Drone hits builder during site survey flight

A drone fell from the sky and hit a construction worker during a site inspection flight on a housing site in Lancashire.
A report released by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the drone suffered a rapid loss of battery power above the Garsteng site.
The remote pilot initiated an immediate automatic landing from the drone’s operational 50 metre height but it stopped responding to controls.The report stated: “The pilot described it as then ‘appearing to descend too fast
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