This was here in Mexico. Interestngly enough, this recent December 1st a new aviation law went in effect, which states uav operators require an actual pilot license to operate any uav over 2kg. Operating without a license could be punished with fines up to $400, 000mxn (about $20k usd).
As soon as this law was passed, media went nuts with headlines like "starting december flying your drone without a license will cost you a $400k fine" while using spark and phantom photos.(The typhoon H without RS has a takeoff weight of 1.95 kg)
Needless to say media loved the bunch of attention their misleading articles got. Few online news sites clarified this would only apply for uavs over 2kg but politicians were looking to push the takeoff weight to 250gr to require said license.
It would not surprise me if this "drone incident" was to be used to push on this new regulations
As soon as this law was passed, media went nuts with headlines like "starting december flying your drone without a license will cost you a $400k fine" while using spark and phantom photos.(The typhoon H without RS has a takeoff weight of 1.95 kg)
Needless to say media loved the bunch of attention their misleading articles got. Few online news sites clarified this would only apply for uavs over 2kg but politicians were looking to push the takeoff weight to 250gr to require said license.
It would not surprise me if this "drone incident" was to be used to push on this new regulations