In April, a British Airways jet was hit by a suspected drone as it landed at London’s Heathrow airport, while in August a passenger plane narrowly avoided being hit by a drone as it prepared to land in Cornwall.
There are a lot of very responsible drone owners, but like many things in life, there are a few that are so irresponsible, it gives everyone a bad name. Flying a drone anywhere near an airport or over a major fire when helicopters are trying to fight the fire is just plain stupid.
Drone footage in amateur and prosumer videos is starting to become dated now anyway. Fresh and unexpected in 2013. Boring and common in 2016.
There will always be assholes who think interfering with official air traffic—or defacing an ancient rock formation in a public park—might be good for a laugh.
The problem with making tighter laws is it only hurts the responsible owners.
Case of idiots everywhere ruining for the rest of us in society!