Drones banned from Boston fireworks display
Last year a drone provided some pretty spectacular footage of Boston’s Fourth of July celebrations. But this year officials wanted a drone-free Fourth.
Massachusetts State Police banned drones from this year’s festivities. Anyone caught using “Drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Unmanned Aircraft Systems’’ could face state or federal charges, according to their website. (For a full list of prohibited items on the esplanade this year, click here.)
Why? Safety. The small, unmanned gadgets were also banned from the 2015 Boston Marathon for security reasons.
“No private drones here,’’ State Police Colonel Tim Alben said in a news conference last week. “There won’t be government drones here. There won’t be any drones at all, and the FAA takes this quite seriously.’’
Related: Boston’s July Fourth celebrations through the years
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