Search and Rescue Drone Operator Challenges FAA Authority In Federal Appeals Court

The search and rescue non-profit, Texas EquuSearch, has filed a petition before the federal Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. seeking to overturn a February order by the FAA to stop using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS) in its search and rescue missions.  The petition states that Texas Equusearch has “coordinated over 1400 searches in 42 states and eight foreign countries, and has found over 300 missing people alive.”  In other cases, it states that it has helped recover the remains of ...