The New Zealand Defence Force were involved in the detection of a drone flying in controlled airspace over Christchurch’s eastern suburbs in September 2023, confirmed Christchurch Airport (CIAL). The find led to the temporary sterilisation of the airspace.
Left: a C-130 Hercules of the kind that spotted the drone; “It would have been by sight,” Richard Adams (Right), former British soldier wrote that Source: LinkedIn profile
An C-130 Hercules spotted an unmanned aerial vehicle (a UAV or drone) making an “unauthorised” flight on or around 19 September 2023.
“It would have been by sight,” wrote Richard Adams, Taskforce Kiwi founder and a former British soldier.
“[I]n short, there are no on board detection systems for drones,” Adams states.
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