Drones
Up and at 'em: WC Health Dept adds drones to its rescue armoury
It officially has license to operate drones and the first devices in the project were quite literally launched on Table Mountain on Tuesday afternoon.
In recent weeks, authorities have employed drones to issue warnings, identify suspicious movement in the streets, and disperse illegal rooftop and balcony gatherings.
As of 15 April, the Ghana Health Service said it had tested 57,000 coronavirus samples.
"We believe this will be a milestone in the history of blood transfusion, not only in South Africa, but in the entire world," says SANBS CEO Dr Jonathan Louw.
The drones have been flying test runs with blood and vaccines, but the project was officially inaugurated on Wednesday at the main drone base in Omenako, 70 kilometres north of Accra.
London's Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest hub in terms of passenger numbers, said it has suspended all departing flights on Tuesday following a drone sighting.
The British army was deployed to London Gatwick on 20 December after the airport grounded all flights, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded over some of the busiest days of the year.
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority plans to roll out new monitoring equipment at major airports across the country next month.
Gatwick, around 50km south of the British capital, is the eighth-busiest airport in Europe and sits behind Mumbai as the world’s busiest single-runway air hub.
The runway closure stranded tens of thousands of travellers, days before Christmas - and prompted the unusual military operation.
A breakneck innovation culture, a geographic profile that demands new logistics thinking and government backing have made China a drones powerhouse.
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The challenges facing drones and personal aerial transport are many, and well-defined solutions that propel these technologies forward are relatively few.
Former al-Qaeda bombmaker says Isis may be trying to develop explosive-packed drones. CNN reports.
The International Air Transport Association backs efforts by the UN's aviation agency to develop such a registry, which could also help track the number of incidents involving drones and jets.
The rescue took place as life savers at Lennox Head, a beach popular with surfers south of the city of Brisbane, were preparing for a training session on using drones to pull swimmers to safety.
In April, flights of nearly all drones over 133 US military facilities were banned due to security concerns.
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