Dubai airport to track drones
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DUBAI is testing out ways to detect and track drones after a series of high-profile incursions upset flights at one of the world’s busiest airports, the airport operator’s top official said yesterday.
The increasing use of drones for commercial and leisure purposes has led to a rise in the number of near-misses with jets and infringements into no-fly zones, spurring calls for their use to be better regulated.
Operations at Dubai’s main airport, the world’s busiest for international passengers, were halted for an hour on October 29, delaying 40 flights. It was the third time they had been temporarily stopped in four months because of drones.
“We have got to find a way of controlling it immediately,” Dubai Airports Chief Executive Paul Griffiths said. “We just cannot have any more closures caused by infringements of drones in controlled airspace.”
Dubai Airports, which also oversees Dubai’s al-Maktoum International Airport, is conducting trials to create a tracking system to detect the real-time location of any nearby drone and the radio frequency on which it is being operated.
Countries around the world are grappling with how to control the booming drone industry. In the United States, rules for commercial drone usage were published on August 29. Hobbyists must register crafts with the Federal Aviation Administration since December 2015.
In September, aviation associations representing airlines, pilots and airports across Europe called for mandatory registration and training of drone users following a number of near-misses.
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