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In yet another local drone mishap, an errant unmanned vehicle forced the closure of the Dubai International Airport for nearly half an hour on Wednesday morning, according to airport officials.
In a statement, a Dubai Airports spokesperson noted that "airspace around Dubai International was closed from 0808 hours to 0835 hours this morning due to unauthorised drone activity resulting in a number of delays at the airport".
Airspace around DXB was closed from 0808 to 0835 this morning due to unauthorised drone activity resulting in a number of flight delays. 1/3
- Dubai Airports (@DubaiAirports) September 28, 2016
Arrivals resumed at 0835 & departures at 0840 with full operations resuming at 0907. We are working to minimise inconvenience. 2/3
- Dubai Airports (@DubaiAirports) September 28, 2016
Safety is our top priority and we remind all UAV operators that activities are not permitted within 5km of any airport or landing area. 3/3The spokesperson said the arrival operations resumed at 8.35am and departures at 8.40am with some restrictions. Full operations resumed at 9.07am.
- Dubai Airports (@DubaiAirports) September 28, 2016
Recent drone incidents September 2016: In a two-day span, two pilots reported close encounters with drones near Statford Municipal Airport in Canada. June 2016: A drone forced the closure of Dubai International Airport for 69 minutes. April 2016: Drone strikes British Airways plane at Heathrow Airport. At approximately 12.50am, a pilot on an inbound flight into Heathrow Airport from Geneva reported to police that he believed a drone had struck the aircraft. March 2016: A drone came within a close range of 200 feet of hitting a Lufthansa jet near Los Angeles International Airport on March 18. The pilot of a Lufthansa A380 approaching the airport reported that a drone passed about overhead around 1.30pm. January 2015: Recreational drones forced the closure of Dubai airport for 55 minutes after they veered dangerously close to the flight path of commercial airliners. As a result, some aircraft had to be diverted to Al Maktoum Airport in Jebel Ali. |
Drone tracking technology in DubaiIn April, officials announced that Dubai will soon become the first place in the world to implement real-time tracking software to monitor the operations of commercial drones in restricted airspace. The Exponent Portal software - which was publicly unveiled during a live demonstration at the World Aviation Safety Summit in Dubai - will allow DCAA officials and other authorities to track the location, speed and height of drones, as well as view and record material being collected by the drone's on-board camera. The system works through a 160-gramme add-on that is to be fitted onto drones before flight. Using the Exponent Portal, both the DCAA and the drone operator are immediately notified-including via near-instant SMS messages - when the drone strays outside of a pre-determined "geo-fenced" area in which the vehicle is permitted to fly. |
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