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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 | 14 April 2014 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | National |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drones; unmanned aerial vehicles; UAVs; Phantom; Phantom 2 Vision; No Fly Zones |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| Outlet | ABC News (Australia) |
| Title | Chinese manufacturer programs Phantom drones with no-fly zones to protect Australian airports |
| Dateline | 14 April 2014, 6:27pm, updated 9:49pm — Mark Corcoran, international correspondent |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-14/chinese-made-drones-programmed-with-no-fly-zones/5388356 |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2014-04-14|abc-au|dji-phantom-geofence-australian-airports |
| Source grade | A1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — A1]** Correspondent Mark Corcoran reported that Shenzhen/Hong Kong-based DJI Innovations would geo-fence its Phantom-series UAVs from 350 airports worldwide, including an eight-kilometre exclusion around 10 major Australian airports: no take-off within 2.4 km, graduated height limits from 2.4 to 8 km. DJI spokesman Michael Perry said even manual mode with GPS lock would still trigger the safety features. CASA spokesman Peter Gibson said CASA had not lobbied DJI and warned the list covered only 10 of 400-500 Australian aerodromes, while Australian law required 5.5 km from airfields. RMIT UAV expert Reece Clothier welcomed manufacturer-built safety. A supplier estimate put more than 2,000 Phantoms already in Australia. The page also recorded CASA's investigation of a 6 April Geraldton triathlon strike and a Westpac Rescue Helicopter near-miss near Newcastle, plus an ATSB finding of a 100-metre near-miss between a crop-duster and a mine-survey drone.

**Kinematic object.** DJI Phantom / Phantom 2 Vision consumer UAV with GPS geo-fence firmware.

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

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: Named ABC correspondent with original interviews of DJI, CASA and Clothier; first Australian report of the geofence list.
- Wire reprint status: Not a wire reprint.
- What was excluded: Later firmware versions and Washington DC 2015 geofence.

## LRRK relevance

Control Fabric / Passport / Watch. Manufacturer geo-fence as a de facto airspace control layer that does not match national law.

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

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