Victorian mine drone in near miss with aircraft

By Staff Writers on Mar 20, 2014 8:54AM

Site survey conflict with crop duster.

An unmanned aerial vehicle surveying a mine owned by Iluka Resources came close to colliding with a crop duster late last year, Australia's air safety investigator revealed. The incident, which the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) rated as serious, saw the Sensefly eBee 178 unmanned ...

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