DRONE NEARLY COLLIDES WITH NYPD HELICOPTER, MAN ARRESTED (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, September 19, 2014, 02:21

AFP Photo / Said Khatib

A Brooklyn man has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment for flying his GoPro-equipped drone too close to a New York Police Department helicopter.

The police helicopter was flying over Brooklyn as officers searched for a missing teenager early Wednesday morning. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) came within 50 feet of the aircraft.

“That’s when the helicopter had to suddenly change course,” police toldCBS.

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