U.K. Air Accident Investigators Using UAVs To Survey Crashes

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LONDON — Britain’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) is using small lightweight UAVs to conduct surveys of accident sites. The UAVs have been used at the sites of 16 crashes around the U.K., said Stuart Hawkins, a senior inspector of air accidents delegates to the AAIB. Hawkins spoke at the...

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