WASHINGTON, Oct 17: The US Government will announce a new plan requiring anyone buying a drone to register the device with the Transportation Department, NBC News reported, citing unnamed sources. The plan, which is expected to be announced within days, is a response to government concerns over the increasing number of close calls between drones and aircraft flying to and from some of the country’s biggest airports, NBC News said yesterday. Under the plan, the government will work with the drone industry to set up a structure for registering the unmanned aerial vehicles, and the regulations could be in place by Christmas, the network said. In June, a small drone flew within a few hundred feet (meters) of a Southwest Airlines flight as the plane was about to land at Dallas’ Love Field airport. The plane landed safely. (AGENCIES)
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