Chinese drone maker DJI has offered up to a CNY1m ($145,000) reward for information about drones that have disrupted flights on a number of days at Chengdu Shuangliu international airport this month, leaving about 60 of passengers stranded. On one day, 21 April, thousands flights were affected. Professor David Dunn of Birmingham University said this illustrated the difficulty of combating unsafe drone flights. "Clearly they're concerned about their brand image, given how much they dominate the drone market," he said, adding: "There seems to be an inability to deal with the potential drone threat to air traffic – other than through extraordinary measures like this reward."
Chinese drone maker DJI has offered up to a CNY1m ($145,000) reward for information about drones that have disrupted flights on a number of days at Chengdu Shuangliu international airport this month, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. On one day, 21 April, about 60 flights were affected. Professor David Dunn of Birmingham University said this illustrated the difficulty of combating unsafe drone flights. "Clearly they're concerned about their brand image, given how much they dominate the drone market," he said, adding: "There seems to be an inability to deal with the potential drone threat to air traffic – other than through extraordinary measures like this reward."