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KATV Stands Behind Its Use Of Drone

from tvnewscheck.com

A Little Rock, Ark., TV station is not backing off from airing footage shot from a drone, despite a warning from the Federal Aviation Administration that commercial drone photography is illegal.

“This video is being used to advance the story and advance public information,” says Nick Gentry, news director at Allbritton’s ABC affiliate KATV, who has included drone-shot footage in his tornado coverage. “We don’t use it because it’s cool.”

KATV’s broadcasting of drone footage, which it has done periodically for the last six months or so, came to the attention of the FAA last week after the station aired video showing the destruction caused by tornadoes on April 27.

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