Drone swarm "enacts failsafe landing procedures"

[NE666]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d330wqq2zo


'safe', for all small and dubious values of 'safe':

"The sound of them crashing on the wharf was considerable even from probably 10 to 15 or 20 metres away; you could hear them physically crash and smash onto the cement marina,"

From the display organiser;

The main cause was "an unforeseen change in the radio frequency environment occurring after take-off," Skymagic said, triggering some drones "to enact failsafe landing procedures in response to compromised positional accuracy".

Someone jammed them? Either directed comms, or GPS?


Perhaps time for "Dumpster Diving - Expert Edition"?

[tom66]

Not the first time this has happened.  For light shows in China it has been speculated that competitor light show operators gain access to the show and jam the radio frequency to cause commercial damage to the other operator.  In at least one case four people have been arrested for doing so:
https://m2now.com/chinese-drone-businesses-are-sabotaging-each-other-at-live-events-causing-panic/