The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority may fine a citizen who flew a drone and filmed it over a Bunnings Warehouse factory for YouTube in a breach of air traffic rules. A man was fined $2000 by the authority on Friday after he took footage from his drone, which had been flown to an undisclosed location at about 10am local time last Friday. The viral video was sold, making it a commercial drone flight, which has landed the operator in hot water with the potential of being fined AUD $9,000.
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority may fine a citizen who flew a drone and filmed it over a Bunnings Warehouse factory for YouTube in a breach of air traffic rules. Drones are required to be flown in visual line-of-sight, further than 30 metres from building structures, people and vehicles, no higher than 120 metres and in a way that causes no hazards. The viral video was sold, making it a commercial drone flight, which has landed the operator in hot water with the potential of being fined AUD $9,000.