Tech article 2/6/15

Drone Maker DJI Rolls Back Buggy Update That Restricted D.C. Flights Following White House Crash!

 

 

DJI, the maker of the drone which crashed on the white house lawn last month, is rolling back the software update that was designed to prevent flights  over much of Washington D.C., citing “a small number of reported issues” with the software download. The update was pushed out fairly quickly after the national security incident, and used "geo-fencing"(A virtual barrier) to prevent drones from taking off within restricted flight zones, and flying around the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.The software, which was released for the company’s Phantom 2, Phantom 2 Vision and Phantom 2 Vision+ drones, added a “no-fly” zone that was centered on Washington D.C. and then extended for a 15.5 million radius in all directions. It disabled Phantom pilots from being able to both take off and fly in the restricted airspace.