FAA Fines Chicago Drone Operator $200,000 Over Illegal Flights
- SkyPan had flown over Manhattan, other cities for photos
- Company agrees to make public service announcements for FAA
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A drone photography company that was the subject of the highest-profile attempt by a U.S. regulator to enforce aviation law on unmanned aircraft has agreed to pay a $200,000 fine to settle a 2015 case.
SkyPan International Inc., whose website still features aerial photos of urban areas where drone flights are prohibited without special permission, had made 65 flights from 2012 to 2014 in airspace above cities including New York, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday in a release.