{"id":18148,"date":"2023-06-12T12:14:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T19:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/drone-hits-builder-during-site-survey-flight\/"},"modified":"2023-06-12T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T19:14:45","slug":"drone-hits-builder-during-site-survey-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/drone-hits-builder-during-site-survey-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone hits builder during site survey flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-475708\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A report released by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the drone suffered a rapid loss of battery power above the Garsteng site.<\/p>\n<p>The remote pilot initiated an immediate automatic landing from the drone\u2019s operational 50 metre height but it stopped responding to controls.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated: \u201c<span id=\"page1R_mcid4948\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The pilot described it as then \u2018<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid4949\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">appearing to descend too fast, despite the propellers spinning\u2019, before going out of sight <\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid4950\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">behind some construction materials. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"page1R_mcid4950\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u201cThe unmanned aerial drone struck a site worker on their arm, dropped into <\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1R_mcid4951\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">some cement, and fell to the ground. 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