What Happens When A Drone Crashes?

The liability damage and personal injuries from small, fast-moving unmanned civilian vehicles can be huge--and more and more often will keep the Federal Aviation Administration, lawyers, and all of us on high alert.

When a regional triathlon in Australia hired a local drone operator, Warren Abrams, to take aerial photographs of their event, competition organizers of course never expected serious injuries from the UAV. But one of the event's triathletes is now in stable condition in the hospital after receiving head injuries from a drone collision last week--and the athlete, organizers, and the cinematographer are arguing over whether the athlete was hit by the drone or not. And while this case might seem strange, it raises an important question--who's responsible when commercial drones hurt people?

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