{"id":14113,"date":"2017-02-01T17:24:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/?p=14113"},"modified":"2019-06-01T09:11:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T13:11:11","slug":"drone-forces-chp-helicopter-abort-rescue-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/drone-forces-chp-helicopter-abort-rescue-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone Forces CHP Helicopter To Abort Rescue Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Responders were attempting to rescue a victim who\u00a0fell 100 feet down an oceanside cliff<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The rescue hoist of a man who fell 100 feet down a cliff in Pacifica, California was aborted due to drone interference.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-pacifica-drone-rescue-20170130-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>, first responders were initially unable to reach the man who fell down the cliff.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span>The California Highway Patrol dispatched a helicopter to the scene. They lowered a paramedic down to the victim and were ready to hoist the two up when a drone was spotted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cOnce the helicopter crew found out there was a drone on scene, they had to suspend the rescue operation and gain altitude to avoid a collision,\u201d police said.\u00a0<span>\u201cThe drone\u2019s operation could cause the helicopter to crash.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>North County Fire Authorities then rappelled down the cliff, secured the victim in a basket and hoisted him up. Officials said the rescue took two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Police cited Gerald Destremps, 55, with a misdemeanor charge of impending first responders at the scene of an emergency. Destremps admitted to operating the drone and handed it over to\u00a0officers who requested to confiscate it.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration and public agencies continue to urge\u00a0the public to follow laws and regulations when using drones.<\/p>\n<p>[divider style=&#8221;4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Want EMS and air medical tips sent straight to your inbox? Get <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Net<\/strong><\/span> newsletter. Sign up here (it&#8217;s free):<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>[shortcode-variables slug=&#8221;optin-form&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responders were attempting to rescue a victim who fell 100 feet down an oceanside cliff. The rescue was aborted due to drone interference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":14114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14113"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=14113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}