An Amazon May Have Crashed A Drone Into Seattle's Space Needle [View all]
Police came knocking on an Amazon employee's hotel door on Tuesday after he used his drone to capture video of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, and gave him a "crash course" in Seattle's history with drones.
According to some reports, the drone crashed into the needle, but the video doesn't show evidence of that, and neither does any part of the building. Police identified the Amazon employee after being notified about the drone by Space Needle security, but neither party seemed too concerned by the incident.
The man told police he was employed by Amazon and was visiting the company's headquarters from out of town, according to the Seattle Police Department's blog. After speaking with police, he agreed not to fly around the white quad-propeller he purchased at a "hobby shop" (that means it's not an Amazon drone, folks.) The city police's own drone program was terminated last year.
The legal status of drones in the U.S. is murky right now, but according to the Federal Aviation Administration, only hobbyists are granted some freedoms with flying drones — as long as they don't fly the drones above 400 feet or near populated areas. The Space Needle's observation deck stands at 520 feet, which exceeds that limit.
http://mashable.com/2014/07/25/amazon-drone-space-needle
Amazon's drone play is nothing more than a PR stunt anyway.
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