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Bad drones trouble firemen, paraglider in La Jolla
"I'm ok, you could've killed me"
A drone unexpectedly flew into his canopy and became entangled in one of the lines.
In January, San Diego County’s skies turned into a stage for some high-flying hijinks as drone pilots found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whether it was interfering with a fire department’s critical efforts, colliding with a paraglider mid-air, or inadvertently filming a boat overturning on a wave, these incidents have left locals bemused and alarmed.
On January 25, around 8 am, drone pilot Cory Green was filming surfers between the Ocean Beach Pier and the jetty when a boat, allegedly smuggling about 20 migrants, suddenly appeared in his frame. Seconds later, a wave flipped the boat over. "When you see the boat capsized and people falling off, that was definitely shocking," Green recalled in an NBC 7 San Diego news report.
The drone's presence nearly led to the cancellation of the water drops.
"It just looked like they needed help right away." Lifeguards and surfers immediately rushed to the scene to rescue the occupants. "Several lifeguards went underneath the boat to pull some of the people out. They were trapped underneath," explained lifeguard Lieutenant Brian Clark in the newscast. He added that carrying more than a dozen passengers might have contributed to the boat overturning, which resulted in injuries, including one person who was rendered unconscious.
A couple of days earlier in La Jolla, Newsreel Media was among the first on the scene to capture a brushfire. The camera operator recorded a drone zipping by just after the fire department's helicopter dropped water onto the burning hillside near Gilman Drive, south of La Jolla Village Drive. According to a radio dispatcher heard on the video, the drone's presence nearly led to the cancellation of the water drops. Eventually, police located the drone pilot in an apartment complex on a ridge above the fire, and once the drone was disabled, air support operations resumed.
Capsized boat off Ocean Beach
A couple of weeks before the Gilman fire, just north, Wind Hunter on YouTube was paragliding at the Torrey Pines Gliderport when a DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone unexpectedly flew into his canopy and became entangled in one of the lines. He landed safely. Then, in another video captured by the paraglider's helmet cam, which was shared on Reddit, the alleged drone pilot is seen holding the drone and apologizing. "I'm ok, you could've killed me," said the paraglider, to which the drone pilot responded, "My screen blacked out," before bolting from the scene. The paraglider later posted images of the drone pilot in question and the supposed damage incurred by the mid-air "hit and run," noting "two tears and two lines got cut, along with additional damage."
A Reddit user, doctorkrebs23, commented on the video, "Drones are not permitted in Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, of which the paragliding park is a part. I’m surprised he got it off the ground without being tackled."
Local regulations make it clear that drone usage in San Diego County is governed by FAA rules and local ordinances, with additional restrictions in places like Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. Moreover, state and federal laws bar drones from flying near wildfires, and the FAA forbids operations near manned aircraft.
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Bad drones trouble firemen, paraglider in La Jolla
"I'm ok, you could've killed me"
Bad drones trouble firemen, paraglider in La Jolla
"I'm ok, you could've killed me"
A drone unexpectedly flew into his canopy and became entangled in one of the lines.
In January, San Diego County’s skies turned into a stage for some high-flying hijinks as drone pilots found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whether it was interfering with a fire department’s critical efforts, colliding with a paraglider mid-air, or inadvertently filming a boat overturning on a wave, these incidents have left locals bemused and alarmed.
On January 25, around 8 am, drone pilot Cory Green was filming surfers between the Ocean Beach Pier and the jetty when a boat, allegedly smuggling about 20 migrants, suddenly appeared in his frame. Seconds later, a wave flipped the boat over. "When you see the boat capsized and people falling off, that was definitely shocking," Green recalled in an NBC 7 San Diego news report.
The drone's presence nearly led to the cancellation of the water drops.
"It just looked like they needed help right away." Lifeguards and surfers immediately rushed to the scene to rescue the occupants. "Several lifeguards went underneath the boat to pull some of the people out. They were trapped underneath," explained lifeguard Lieutenant Brian Clark in the newscast. He added that carrying more than a dozen passengers might have contributed to the boat overturning, which resulted in injuries, including one person who was rendered unconscious.
A couple of days earlier in La Jolla, Newsreel Media was among the first on the scene to capture a brushfire. The camera operator recorded a drone zipping by just after the fire department's helicopter dropped water onto the burning hillside near Gilman Drive, south of La Jolla Village Drive. According to a radio dispatcher heard on the video, the drone's presence nearly led to the cancellation of the water drops. Eventually, police located the drone pilot in an apartment complex on a ridge above the fire, and once the drone was disabled, air support operations resumed.
Capsized boat off Ocean Beach
A couple of weeks before the Gilman fire, just north, Wind Hunter on YouTube was paragliding at the Torrey Pines Gliderport when a DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone unexpectedly flew into his canopy and became entangled in one of the lines. He landed safely. Then, in another video captured by the paraglider's helmet cam, which was shared on Reddit, the alleged drone pilot is seen holding the drone and apologizing. "I'm ok, you could've killed me," said the paraglider, to which the drone pilot responded, "My screen blacked out," before bolting from the scene. The paraglider later posted images of the drone pilot in question and the supposed damage incurred by the mid-air "hit and run," noting "two tears and two lines got cut, along with additional damage."
A Reddit user, doctorkrebs23, commented on the video, "Drones are not permitted in Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, of which the paragliding park is a part. I’m surprised he got it off the ground without being tackled."
Local regulations make it clear that drone usage in San Diego County is governed by FAA rules and local ordinances, with additional restrictions in places like Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. Moreover, state and federal laws bar drones from flying near wildfires, and the FAA forbids operations near manned aircraft.
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