Assessment conducted into risk of model aircraft

Airline Industry Information, Oct 15, 2003

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Urgent action is reportedly being called for to protect the public against the risk of model aircraft flying over Epsom Downs, UK.

Last month a radio controlled aircraft crashed into the downskeepers hut and in August two people complained about aircraft which spiralled down out of control. The British Model Flying Association conducted a risk assessment after a 13-year-old girl died after being struck on the head by a model aircraft on Dartford Heath in Kent.

A new report is now calling for action to protect the public against the risk of the aircraft, which can travel at up to 50 mph.

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