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A downed drone found near Parliament Hill has piqued the curiosity of at least one local couple.
Melissa Presz and her boyfriend Luke Brimacombe found the crashed drone in a shrub at Nepean Point, near the statue of Samuel de Champlain, which overlooks the Alexandra Bridge, and is just steps from Parliament Hill, which is considered restricted airspace.
Presz and a group of friends were playing bocce at Nepean Point on Sunday when she made the startling discovery.
The drone – a Phantom 4K manufactured by DJI – is no cheap toy, either. It typically retails for between $1,000 and $2,000, depending on the model.
The one found crash-landed in downtown Ottawa features four rotors and a camera mounted on the bottom, which became detached in the crash.
Presz said she believes the drone crashed around 5 a.m. Sunday.
“We took out the SD (memory) card and we could see that the last recorded file was corrupt – the file didn’t open but we could see that it was recorded between 5:01 and 5:08 a.m. Sunday,” she said.
The group waited around at Nepean Point for more than an hour for the rightful owner to claim the gadget, but when no one showed up, she took the drone back to her apartment and posted photos to Kijiji and social media, where it circulated on the Ottawa Drones Facebook group and on Reddit.
She found no takers – “Other than people trying to buy it from me for parts” – and received plenty of advice.
One user suggested alerting police, but Presz was intent on reuniting the drone with its rightful owner – provided the owner comes forward with an accurate description of the content of the memory card. Presz and her boyfriend were able to view some of the footage.
“Someone (else) told us it may have been on autopilot and it would have lost contact and crashed,” she said.
Presz said she also contacted the manufacturer and provided the drone’s serial number in hopes of tracking down the owner.
As of Monday evening, no one had come forward to claim the drone.
Transport Canada is revamping the laws around recreational drones as the “widespread public recreational use” can create a hazard for aviation safety.
In May, the military scrambled CF-18 fighter jets after a drone was spotted by two passenger planes near the Ottawa airport.
Under current regulations, drones cannot be flown within nine kilometres of airports, military bases or other restricted airspaces. Parliament Hill and Rideau Hall are both listed as “restricted” in NAV Canada’s Designated Airspace Handbook.
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Melissa Presz and her boyfriend Luke Brimacombe found the crashed drone in a shrub at Nepean Point, near the statue of Samuel de Champlain, which overlooks the Alexandra Bridge, and is just steps from Parliament Hill, which is considered restricted airspace.
Presz and a group of friends were playing bocce at Nepean Point on Sunday when she made the startling discovery.
The drone – a Phantom 4K manufactured by DJI – is no cheap toy, either. It typically retails for between $1,000 and $2,000, depending on the model.
The one found crash-landed in downtown Ottawa features four rotors and a camera mounted on the bottom, which became detached in the crash.
Presz said she believes the drone crashed around 5 a.m. Sunday.
“We took out the SD (memory) card and we could see that the last recorded file was corrupt – the file didn’t open but we could see that it was recorded between 5:01 and 5:08 a.m. Sunday,” she said.
The group waited around at Nepean Point for more than an hour for the rightful owner to claim the gadget, but when no one showed up, she took the drone back to her apartment and posted photos to Kijiji and social media, where it circulated on the Ottawa Drones Facebook group and on Reddit.
She found no takers – “Other than people trying to buy it from me for parts” – and received plenty of advice.
One user suggested alerting police, but Presz was intent on reuniting the drone with its rightful owner – provided the owner comes forward with an accurate description of the content of the memory card. Presz and her boyfriend were able to view some of the footage.
“Someone (else) told us it may have been on autopilot and it would have lost contact and crashed,” she said.
Presz said she also contacted the manufacturer and provided the drone’s serial number in hopes of tracking down the owner.
As of Monday evening, no one had come forward to claim the drone.
Transport Canada is revamping the laws around recreational drones as the “widespread public recreational use” can create a hazard for aviation safety.
In May, the military scrambled CF-18 fighter jets after a drone was spotted by two passenger planes near the Ottawa airport.
Under current regulations, drones cannot be flown within nine kilometres of airports, military bases or other restricted airspaces. Parliament Hill and Rideau Hall are both listed as “restricted” in NAV Canada’s Designated Airspace Handbook.
ahelmer@postmedia.com
twitter.com/helmera
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