Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/02
By: Wang Shu-fen and Lilian Wu
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has reminded those who are keen
CNA file photo
on flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to stay clear of airports, noting that 15 people have been fined for operating UAVs around the airport over the past three years.
The CAA said that since 2001, it has set the off-limit areas for the release of objects that could endanger flight safety, such as kites, lanterns, firecrackers, remote control aircraft and the recently popular UAVs.
Such a ban is allowed under the Civil Aviation Act, it said.
According to CAA statistics, there have been 15 cases involving flying UAVs around airports since 2014, and among them, nine cases were near Taipei Songshan Airport at such locations as the Grand Hotel and the Taipei 101 skyscraper. [FULL STORY]
