Visual Line of Sight and Collision Avoidance

In plain language

You must keep your drone in sight at all times, watch the sky for manned aircraft to avoid collisions, and land or stop the flight immediately if it becomes unsafe for people, animals, other aircraft, or property.

Requirement as structured

During the flight, the remote pilot must keep the unmanned aircraft in VLOS, maintain a thorough visual scan of the surrounding airspace to avoid collision risks with manned aircraft, 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

operation

EU UAS operation

regulatory category

Open