CNN cleared to fly drones over crowds at news events

Published October 18, 2017 5:53pm ET



CNN was cleared by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to fly small drones over crowds of people at newsworthy events, according to a report.

Bloomberg reported Wednesday CNN, which began researching using drones for newsgathering in early 2015, got the waiver to use a small camera attached to four spinning rotors called a “Snap” drone.

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