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Wednesday, 22 July 2015

US probes ‘gun-firing drone’ built by teenager


A viral online video apparently showing a home-made drone firing a handgun in the US is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration.




The announcement came on Tuesday, after the video had been watched more than two million times since being uploaded to YouTube on July 10.

“The FAA will investigate the operation of an unmanned aircraft system in a Connecticut park to determine if any Federal Aviation Regulations were violated,” the administration said in a statement.

“The FAA will also work with its law enforcement partners to determine if there were any violations of criminal statutes.”

The 14-second video, called “Flying Gun”, shows a multi-rotor drone hovering off the ground, buzzing furiously and firing a semi-automatic handgun four times at an unseen target in the countryside.

The device was reportedly created by 18-year-old Austin Haughwout, a university mechanical engineering student from Clinton, Connecticut.

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