{"id":3440,"date":"2016-05-05T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T08:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/05\/europes-aviation-safety-agency-sets-up-drone-collision-task-force\/"},"modified":"2016-05-05T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T08:55:46","slug":"europes-aviation-safety-agency-sets-up-drone-collision-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/05\/europes-aviation-safety-agency-sets-up-drone-collision-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe&#039;s aviation safety agency sets up drone collision task force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gettyimages-485983770\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA1LzA1LzU1L0dldHR5SW1hZ2VzLmI0MjBkLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/5e8889d7\/d5a\/GettyImages-485983770.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Europe%27s+aviation+safety+agency+sets+up+drone+collision+task+force&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F05%2Fdrone-aircraft-collision%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F05%2Fdrone-aircraft-collision%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As drones become more commonplace in the world, regulations and safety testing inevitably follows. The European Aviation Safety Agency announced on Wednesday that it has set up a task force to look at the risks of <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/drones\/\">drones<\/a> colliding with aircraft.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/27\/brain-controlled-drone-races\/\">Brain-controlled drone races are now a reality<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easa.europa.eu\/newsroom-and-events\/press-releases\/easa-creates-task-force-assess-risk-collision-between-drones-and\">The announcement<\/a>, first seen by the <a href=\"http:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/news\/2016\/may\/04\/european-aviation-agency-sets-up-drone-collision-t\/\">Associated Press<\/a>,\u00a0says the task force will study different vulnerabilities on aircraft, including outer frames, windshields and engines. They will be looking at all different kinds of aircraft, including large and small planes as well as helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>If the need exists, EASA may perform actual tests for collisions between drones and aircraft, which would probably mean launching drones at stationary aircraft at certain speeds, rather than flying aircraft into drones. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/05\/drone-aircraft-collision\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/transportation\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Transportation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/drones\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Drones<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/gadgets\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Gadgets<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/8ZEvK6NP3mA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As drones become more commonplace in the world, regulations and safety testing inevitably follows. The European Aviation Safety Agency announced on Wednesday that it has set up a task force to look at the risks of drones colliding with aircraft. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/05\/europes-aviation-safety-agency-sets-up-drone-collision-task-force\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1464,726,725,907],"class_list":["post-3440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-drones","tag-gadgets","tag-tech","tag-transportation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}