Restriction on Flight Termination System Activation

In plain language

You are prohibited from triggering your drone's flight termination system (FTS) if doing so would endanger other aircraft or people on the ground.

Requirement as structured

A pilot must not activate a system that terminates the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft if it will endanger or is likely to endanger aviation safety or the safety of any person.

Original regulatory text

No pilot shall activate a system that terminates the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft if it will endanger or will likely endanger aviation safety or the safety of any person.

Applies when

role

pilot

country

Canada

regulatory category

General