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nearly 3,000 passengers affected by tianjin airport drone incident, lawyer: drone operator may be held criminally responsible

2024-09-12

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on the evening of september 11, due to public safety reasons caused by drones, a large number of flights at tianjin binhai airport were unable to take off and land, affecting the travel of more than 3,000 passengers. this incident has attracted a lot of attention.

according to red star news, a passenger took a flight from urumqi back to tianjin and was originally scheduled to land at tianjin binhai international airport at around 9pm that night. "the flight attendant said that tianjin airport could not land now. i could already see the 'tianjin eye' ferris wheel from the plane, but the plane was still changed to beijing for an alternate landing."

at around 11pm that day, tianjin binhai airport announced that flight takeoffs and landings were affected due to public safety reasons caused by drones. the airport promptly activated the yellow level response of the joint emergency response plan for large-scale flight delays, actively coordinated with various airlines, quickly mobilized forces, and properly transferred and resettled stranded passengers. as of 11pm on the 11th, 29 flights were delayed, 8 flights were canceled, 32 flights were diverted to the airport, and the travel of more than 3,000 passengers was affected.

according to the latest news on the official weibo of the marketing department of tianjin binhai international airport co., ltd., at 6:10 on september 12, flight ca293y (tianjin-dalian) took off smoothly from tianjin binhai airport, and flights in and out of the airport resumed normal takeoffs and landings.

xiaoxiang morning news reporters noticed that many passengers affected by this said they were not properly accommodated that night.

on the morning of september 12, the reporter called tianjin binhai airport. the customer service said that the airport cooperated with the airlines to make arrangements. "generally, we will try our best to help passengers. we will definitely help passengers. we have not received any feedback of this kind for the time being."

regarding the issues of compensation and punishment for drone pilots, xiaoxiang morning news reporter consulted fu jian, a well-known criminal defense lawyer and director of henan zejin law firm.

fu jian said that in this case, the affected passengers can file a claim with the airline, asking it to refund or reschedule their tickets and compensate for losses, such as accommodation and transportation fees incurred by being stranded at the airport. if the passenger has purchased flight delay insurance, he or she can apply for compensation from the insurance company.

according to the interim regulations on the management of unmanned aerial vehicle flights, airports and a certain range of surrounding areas are controlled areas for unmanned aerial vehicles. anyone who violates the provisions of these regulations and flies micro, light, or small civil unmanned aerial vehicles in controlled airspace without approval, or flies model aircraft outside the airspace designated by the air traffic management agency, shall be ordered by the public security organ to stop flying.a fine of no more than 500 yuan may be imposed; in serious cases, the unmanned aerial vehicle used in the illegal flight will be confiscated and a fine of no less than 1,000 yuan but no more than 10,000 yuan will be imposed.therefore, people who operate drones need to bear certain administrative responsibilities.

if the flight of a drone causes serious consequences, such as flight delays, the person operating the drone may violate the relevant provisions of the criminal law on endangering public safety and need to bear certain criminal liability. at the same time, his drone operation has caused economic losses to airlines, passengers, etc., so he needs to bear certain civil compensation liability.

xiaoxiang morning news reporter wu chenxingzi