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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11367
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport

ECA advocates European framework for open category drones

Brussels, 27/07/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 23 July, the European Cockpit Association (ECA) published an orientation document to help reduce the possibility of collisions taking place between civilian or “open category” drones and aircraft.

The paper focuses on open category drones as defined in the new regulation presented last March by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Drones in this category fly below a height of 150m and should not be more than 500m away from the...