RCMP say a drone was used to help locate a family that got lost in the woods. On Saturday at 4:30 p.m., two adults and their 17-month-old child entered the woods off the Highway 107 extension. The Dartmouth family got lost and called police around 8:30 p.m. Sgt. Linda Gray with Halifax District RCMP tells Global News that police tried using sirens to pinpoint where the … [Read more...] about Royal Canadian Mounted Police Use Drone to Find Family Lost in the Woods
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A Man Hunt Without The Man: Drones Help Locate Missing Child
After spending almost two weeks lost in the Siberian forests and swamplands, four-year-old Karina is finally going home--and it is all thanks to a drone. On July 29th, Karina went missing from the Yakutia Republic in Russia; however, due lack of communication between the child’s parents, authorities were only notified of her disappearance on August 3rd. In order to cover 30 … [Read more...] about A Man Hunt Without The Man: Drones Help Locate Missing Child
Texas EquuSearch Resumes Drone Use After Victory in Court
Volunteer search-and-rescue group Texas EquuSearch resumed using drones in their operations on Wednesday. The group received an email from the FAA in February ordering them to stop using UAVs to find missing persons, citing the agency's blanket ban on the use of drones for commercial purposes in the U.S. Texas EquuSearch grounded the drones at the time but sued the FAA … [Read more...] about Texas EquuSearch Resumes Drone Use After Victory in Court
Amateur Drone Pilot Finds Man Missing for Three Days
from Examiner.com When Guillermo DeVenecia went missing last Wednesday, police and searchers were dispatched to find the 82-year-old man, who suffers from dementia and hearing loss. For three days, police, search dogs, a helicopter, and hundreds of volunteers combed heavily wooded areas and fields around DeVenecia's Fitchburg home to no avail. Concerned for his safety as … [Read more...] about Amateur Drone Pilot Finds Man Missing for Three Days
Search and Rescue Group Files Lawsuit Against FAA
Texas-based EquuSearch, a non-profit organization that provides remote drone assistance for search and rescue ‘missions’ to families and law enforcement agencies, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the FAA demanding permission to use drones in their operations. In February, EquuSearch was issued an order by the FAA to ground all the company's UAVs. This left many people in a … [Read more...] about Search and Rescue Group Files Lawsuit Against FAA
