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FAA Declares Super Bowl A 'No Drone Zone'

• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. Atherton

Every day, people find new places where they shouldn't fly drones. Earlier this week, it was the White House grounds. Before that, a meth-smuggling remote control copter crashed just south of San Diego. There are even maps of where not to fly drones. Now, in a new, short PSA, the Federal Aviation Administration very clearly says where not to fly: the Super Bowl.

With "No Drone Zone" signs superimposed on the field and in lights outside the stadium, the message couldn't be clearer. And it's not entirely unwarranted. People are using drones to film more and more sporting events, and while the NFL has an overhead camera system already in place, drones offer cheap aerial coverage for less-well-financed college and high school programs. Not to mention your average superfan. Last year, British police arrested a man for flying a drone over a Manchester City versus Tottenham Hotspurs soccer match. There's a safety concern with drones flying over crowds, but sporting events also have strict rules regarding filming and copyright, so that's probably at play here too.


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