In recent days, a "aerial wind" has blown up near the "New Life" Internet celebrity landmark "Tian'an Qianshu" on the Suzhou River in Shanghai: after the official opening on December 22, 2021, in addition to a large number of tourists setting up "long guns and short cannons" and aiming at this mountain-shaped building known as the "Suspended Forest" and "Ancient Babylon Garden of the Magic Capital", many aerial drones have also begun to "haunt". On a review website, many netizens have listed "shooting aerial panoramas with drones" as the first choice for the recommended shooting methods of Tian'an Qianshu.
This "aerial wind" caused headaches to the residents near Qianshu in Tian'an. According to a number of media reports, since the opening of the mall, there are often drones in the skies over the nearby community, and their flight height is almost the same as that of the high-rise windows, which makes residents worry about their privacy; in addition, there are often drones that fall into the homes of residents due to improper operation, and the owners of the drones either directly go to the door or call the police to find the plane, which makes the daily life of the residents quite disturbed. Recently, the Shanghai 12345 citizen service hotline also received a reflection from Mr. Xu, a citizen: "I was walking in the community and watched a drone fall from the sky and 'crash' in front of me. According to Mr. Xu, the drone did not post a two-dimensional code for real-name authentication, and there was no owner to look for and claim after the incident, "What should I do if I hit pedestrians and vehicles?" Who is responsible? ”
△ The "wreckage" of the drone that Mr. Xu picked up did not post a two-dimensional code with real-name authentication on the fuselage.
In recent years, the popularity of UAV aerial photography has continued to rise, and with the continuous growth of the "flying friends" team, drone disturbance incidents have occurred from time to time, is it exposed that there are loopholes in shencheng's UAV management?
There are rules, but "mainly by self-awareness"
Regarding the Shifei drone, the professional aerial photographer "Xiao S (pseudonym)" believes that this is a "stipulated, but all conscious" thing.
According to Xiao S, aerial drones belong to a kind of "low, slow and small" aircraft. Before flying, you first need to obtain an "ID card" for the drone. According to the regulations of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the owner needs to complete the real-name registration after the initial purchase, enter the UAV serial number and other information, and bind his own identity information. After completing the real-name registration, it is also necessary to log on to the intelligent UAV control system of the Shanghai public security organ and enter the serial number, model, manufacturer, region, owner's name and ID card number of the UAV. "After the real-name registration of the Aviation Bureau, a two-dimensional code will be received in the registration mailbox, printed and posted on the fuselage, which is equivalent to the 'ID card' of the drone." In addition, the drone needs to report the time, area and altitude of the flight through the intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle control system before each flight. "After the system automatically judges, if it does not involve a control area, it can generally pass."
△ Netizens posted the email after the drone was registered through real name.
But the requirement is the requirement, and whether it is complied with or not is another matter. Xiao S said that few "flying friends" will operate in strict accordance with the regulations, and many aerial photography enthusiasts have not even completed real-name registration, and the drone that fell in front of Mr. Xu is an example. "In fact, as long as it does not involve the control area, 'black flying' (that is, unsupervised Shi Fei) will not produce any penalties."
I remember that when I first entered the industry a few years ago, Xiao S carefully studied the safe flight guidance tutorial through the official website of the drone manufacturer and the major video websites, and obtained the relevant certificates before "holding the certificate to the sky". Following his guidance, the reporter found a "safe flight guide" on the official website of "DJI", which can not only query the flight restriction area according to the region, but also sort out the flight regulation documents of various countries and regions, which can establish the most basic awareness of safe flight for drone beginners. On the video website, there are more related tutorials, such as a series of videos launched by the blogger "Flying Tour Drone" of station B, covering the precautions of various links such as unboxing, setting, and real shooting, and all of them indicate "pure novice" and "anti-bomb machine" (that is, to prevent the drone from falling to the ground abnormally due to improper operation or machine failure and other factors).
△ On the Douyin platform, there are anchors who "crashed" when the drone hit the building during the aerial shooting of Qianshu in Tian'an.
"The tutorial has always been there, but very few people have learned it, and the examination is not necessary. When buying a drone, the store will not remind us to do some theoretical learning first. In the view of Xiao S, the current control of aerial drones is relatively relaxed, and most of the "flying friends" are just "taste fresh" and "have fun".
The size of the market is increasing, and regulation must keep up
"Actually, we don't have any interest in shooting in residential areas, and this is not a no-fly zone." On the evening of January 10, when the reporter came to Qianshu in Tian'an, a citizen who was preparing to fly a drone told reporters, "The situation here is relatively special, and it is relatively close to the COSCO Liangwan City community, which will have some impact." The reporter learned through this aerial photography enthusiast that for consumer-grade drones, some manufacturers will install electronic fence systems in accordance with the national airspace management regulations during production, "In the control area, most drones cannot take off." Even if some manufacturers do not implant in the no-fly zone, law enforcement officers will use electric wave guns to shoot down drones in the no-fly zone. At present, the "low, slow and small" aircraft in Shanghai are under the supervision of the East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China. According to the relevant provisions on the "control area" in Article 5 of the Notice on Strengthening the Safety Management of "Low, Slow and Small" Aircraft such as Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicles issued by the East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation on February 22, 2021, Cheonan Qianshu and the surrounding residential areas are indeed not controlled areas.
△ The Notice on Strengthening the Safety Management of "Low, Slow and Small" Aircraft such as Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicles stipulates related to the "control area".
On the other hand, according to reports, consumer-grade drones are micro-drones with a mass of less than 7 kg, and the owner does not need to hold a license to fly. The reporter consulted a number of regulations issued by the civil aviation department, for the management of micro-drones, it is true that in addition to real-name registration and flight filing, other content is almost not mentioned, and even micro-drones are not prohibited from operating in densely populated areas.
So, what to do when drones cause disturbance in non-no-fly zones? Based on the current incomplete situation of relevant laws and regulations, for drone nuisance incidents, law enforcement departments can only find one case and deal with one case: "Generally, the consequences that have been formed will be handled and punished accordingly." After calling "12345", Mr. Xu quickly got a response from the public security department, and the police said that the drone flying into the residential area would be shot down with an electric wave gun, but Mr. Xu believed that this was ultimately a palliative rather than a cure, and there was a "lack" in the supervision of the drone.
Residents of COSCO Two Bay City believe that with the widespread use of consumer drones in photography, entertainment and other aspects, the relevant supervision is far from enough to control the no-fly zone. "Drones should not touch the safety bottom line of the city", industry experts believe that in addition to improving the legal norms for micro-drones, strictly implementing registration and filing work, and establishing an effective joint supervision mechanism, drone companies should also assume social responsibility, "At present, most UAV manufacturers and sellers promote 'flying out of the box', so that users ignore the dangers that drones may bring." ”