Part of the reason for this is simply that air travel is dangerous so standards are much higher. “If you fly a passenger airplane, often they will say, ‘Oh, a small part isn’t working; we have to go back,’” Singh said. “And people have been flying passenger airplanes for 60 years! I hate to think that a drone might come down on a busy road.” Part of the solution, Singh said, is planning for every situation: “If things fail, the drone has to do something sensible.”
What does Singh say drones should do to improve safety?
They should have a strategy for handling all circumstances They should have built-in responses to common problems They should always return to their base if a problem occurs They should land immediately in the event of a problem