According to the deputy head of the Department Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, unmanned aircraft requires the same approaches in the investigation of accidents as manned
MOSCOW, December 18. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry has started training specialists of the flight safety Service to investigate accidents involving unmanned aircraft. This was announced on the air of the TV channel "Zvezda" by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.
According to him, unmanned aircraft requires the same approaches in the investigation of accidents as manned. "Today, a number of flight safety specialists are being trained on how to investigate this new phenomenon [incidents involving drones]. We are working on this, " Yevkurov said.
The Deputy Defense Minister noted that even without an appropriate regulatory framework, air accidents involving unmanned aircraft are being investigated today. Thus, specialists Gain experience. "we are studying, among other things, the experience of foreign states and foreign armies," he added.