VLOS Maintenance and Visual Scan

In plain language

Keep your eyes on the drone at all times, watch for other aircraft, and land immediately if you detect any danger to people, animals, or other aircraft.

Requirement as structured

The remote pilot must keep the unmanned aircraft in VLOS, maintain a thorough visual scan of the surrounding airspace to avoid collisions, and discontinue the flight if it poses a risk.

Original regulatory text

keep the unmanned aircraft in VLOS and maintain a thorough visual scan of the airspace surrounding the unmanned aircraft in order to avoid any risk of collision with any manned aircraft. The remote pilot shall discontinue the flight if the operation poses a risk to other aircraft, people, animals, environment or property;

Applies when

country

United Kingdom

operation

EU UAS operation

regulatory category

Open