AAIB investigation to DJI Air 2S (UAS registration n/a)

Unmanned aircraft injured child’s face, Welfare Park, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, 16 April 2022.

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
11 August 2022
Category:
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Report type:
Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
Date of occurrence:
16 April 2022
Aircraft type:
DJI Air 2S
Location:
Welfare Park, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire
Registration:
n/a

Summary:

While a DJI Air 2S (Air2S) unmanned aircraft (UA) was being flown in a low hover over a group of children one of them attempted to grab it and their hand touched the rotor blades. The aircraft became destabilised, briefly lost height and injured the child. The pilot reflected that he should not have been flying his aircraft so close to the children.

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DJI Air 2S (UAS registration n/a) 08-22

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Published 11 August 2022