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News Source Record

# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 28 January 2015 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | Global |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drone; quadcopters; Phantom 2; unmanned aerial systems; Spreading Wings |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| Outlet | BBC News |
| Title | Drone maker DJI bans Washington flights after White House crash |
| Dateline | 28 January 2015 |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31023750 |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2015-01-28|bbc|dji-phantom2-washington-firmware |
| Source grade | A1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — A1]** BBC reported DJI would publish a firmware update in the coming days to prevent its kit flying inside Washington DC restricted airspace, and a later update to stop aircraft crossing national borders. Phantom 2 owners would have to download it; DJI would call the update mandatory, blocking future features if skipped. Spokesman Michael Perry told the BBC the no-fly-zone expansion (GPS location check against airports and other restricted areas) was being pushed out a bit earlier than planned after recent incidents. The firmware should stop at least some DJI drones taking flight within a 25 km (15.5 mile) radius centred on the Washington Monument. The page identified the White House operator as an unnamed National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency worker flying drunk from a nearby apartment. A DJI Spreading Wings that crashed near the Mexico-U.S. border with methamphetamine taped on would not take the new firmware. Senator Charles Schumer: The eagle has crash-landed in Washington.

**Kinematic object.** DJI Phantom 2 family (firmware geofence); Spreading Wings noted as unable to take the update.

**Coverage frame.** industry / incident / regulatory

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: BBC original interview with DJI's Perry on the mandatory Washington geofence after the crash.
- Wire reprint status: Reuters photo credit; text is BBC with original Perry quotes. Not a Reuters reprint.
- What was excluded: 2016 geofence opt-out story.

## LRRK relevance

Control Fabric / Passport / Watch. Vendor firmware as a post-incident no-fly layer over the capital.

*LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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