Dubai's Civil Aviation Authority is testing a 'drone hunter' with thermal and infrared imaging to detect drones that stray into Dubai airport's airspace. The airport has been forced to shut three times this year due to unauthorised drone activity, causing flights to be diverted and costing the airport around $1m for each minute of shutdown. A new report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says there are more than 10,000 unmanned aircraft in US skies at any given time, which could pose an increased risk to civil aviation.
Dubai's Civil Aviation Authority is testing a 'drone hunter' with thermal and infrared imaging to detect drones that stray into Dubai airport's airspace. The airport has been forced to shut three times this year due to unauthorised drone activity, causing flights to be diverted and costing the airport around $1m for each minute of shutdown. Salim Al Mansouri, senior aerodrome inspector at the civil aviation authority, said that people were wanting to explore how far their drone could go without realising they are violating airspace.