In today's jerks with drones news...

[Cicero]

Someone flew one into Louis Armstrong Stadium at the U.S. Open causing play to be halted once it crashed.

www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/2015/09/03/drone-interrupts-match-us-open-flavia-pennetta-monica-niculescu/71672914/

Sorry I cant C&P the article, I'm on my phone.

[AAM2012]

I saw this earlier on the news and I imagine if it hit someone it could have severally injured them (uh hello..spinning blades?!). I believe a science teacher has admitted that he lost control of the drone and was arrested.

While I don't know what the answer is, I know that some type of rules/laws need to be established to avoid untrained people controlling these dangerous things.

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The article:


Crashed drone interrupts Pennetta-Niculescu match at U.S. Open


Ava Wallace, USA TODAY 10:54 p.m. EDT September 3, 2015






2015-09-03 US Open drone

(Photo: Matthew Stockman, Getty Images)


NEW YORK — There are no corn fields or crop circles in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, but an unidentified flying objected visited Louis Armstrong Stadium on Thursday.

The USTA confirmed a drone crashed into seats in Armstrong Stadium towards the end of No. 26 Flavia Pennetta’s second-round win against Monica Niculescu, prompting security and members of the New York Police Department to halt play as they investigated the device.

"No spectators were in the immediate area of the crash and there were no injuries," the USTA said in a statement. "The NYPD responded and is conducting an ongoing investigation.







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The drone flew over Grandstand before it flew into Armstrong Stadium.

"I was a little bit scared, I have to say," Pennetta said. "I mean, with all the things that happen now in the world, I’m imagining, 'OK, it’s a bomb.' That was my first reaction. I think it’s normal to think something like that.

"I was trying to (keep playing). I saw the police there watching and everything."







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After play continued police officers entered the stadium — when Pennetta led 5-4 in the second set — and stood over the drone, which appeared to be the size of one consumers can buy for personal use, about the width of a pizza box.

The sound of the crash visibly startled both players. Both were wobbly on serve toward the end of the contest, but Pennetta served out the match to win 6-1, 6-4.

[AAM2012]

Here's the update:

abc7ny.com/sports/nyc-science-teacher-arrested-after-drone-crashes-at-us-open/969670/


Man arrested after drone crashes at U.S. Open during match

WABC

Updated 11 mins ago


NEW YORK (WABC) --
A New York City science teacher has been arrested in connection with a drone that illegally flew over the U.S. Open Thursday.

Daniel Verley, 26, faces charges of reckless endangerment and operating a drone in a New York City public park outside of prescribed area.

He received a desk appearance ticket. Verley was operating the drone from near the park when he lost control and it crashed. He apparently did not immediately know it had crashed, but quickly figured it out from social media. Verley then informed security what happened.

A police department spokesman said Verley is a teacher at the Academy of Innovative Technology in Brooklyn.

An official at the New York City Department of Education told ABC News that Verley is a science teacher at K618, and started there in 2013. "This is not a school-related incident, and we will monitor the criminal case closely. Any disciplinary action will be taken based on the information from the criminal case."


The drone buzzed over the court in Louis Armstrong Stadium on Thursday night before crashing into the seats. U.S. Tennis Association spokesman Chris Widmaier said no one was injured. It broke into pieces upon landing, and a match in progress was only briefly interrupted between points while police and fire department personnel went to look at it.

"We were fortunate that no one was injured as a result of last night's incident. But we can't rely on happenstance to protect the public. Those who engage in conduct of this nature will be held legally accountable for their actions," said Richard Brown, Queens District Attorney in a statement.

"All we need to do is pass legislation that requires that all drones have Geo Fencing, and we can have drones but none will ever fly near an airplane, none would ever fly near the U.S. Open, or any other sensitive place; and I will be introducing legislation to do just that," said Sen. Charles Schumer, (D) New York.

The drone crashed into the stands around 8:30 p.m. during the next-to-last game of a second-round match that 26th-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy won 6-1, 6-4 over Monica Niculescu of Romania.

Here's a photo of police and event officials checking out the drone:



Pennetta said she heard the drone fly by and was not sure what it was. Her initial reaction, she said afterward, was that it might have been a bomb.

"A little bit scary, I have to say," Pennetta said. "The chair umpire just wanted to wait for an OK from the police to be able to continue ... truthfully, I don't think even they knew what it was."

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She said neither the chair umpire nor tournament officials told her that it was, indeed, a drone.

She said her coach and physical therapist were sitting in the opposite end of the stadium from where the drone crashed and they told her later they were afraid, too.

Verley was released and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 16.