View Full Version : DJI Phantom Shot down in Taksim Square


John Forsythe
June 17th, 2013, 01:55 PM
The Aviationist is a blog primarily about aviation and one article posted is about a drone that was shot down by Turkish police. If you look closely it had a go pro attached to it.

The Aviationist (http://theaviationist.com/)

Sean Seah
June 18th, 2013, 09:18 AM
Footage from the RC drone that was shot down by police [HD] on Vimeo

I smell a drone ban coming...

Mark Koha
June 18th, 2013, 11:00 AM
What the hell was that, a riot or something?

John Forsythe
June 18th, 2013, 12:51 PM
There have been multiple weeks of rioting all over Turkey.

Jim Michael
June 18th, 2013, 05:43 PM
What the hell was that, a riot or something?

You don't get out much do you? :-) Also, it looked to me to be more of a peaceful protest met with substantial government force. The last few days there have been silent protests and more arrests.

Murray Christian
June 19th, 2013, 04:14 AM
They shoot it down to stop it filming (presumably) then they let them have it back with footage intact?
These guys don't know how to do this authoritarian government thing properly.

Chuck Spaulding
June 19th, 2013, 11:59 AM
I'm not sure they gave it back, I didn't watch the whole thing but it didn't appear to be shot down in that video so I'm guessing this footage was from prior flights.

I wonder what they shot it down with?

Dean Sensui
June 19th, 2013, 09:02 PM
There were water drops on the lens. I would guess it eventually got knocked down by a water cannon.

Mark Koha
June 20th, 2013, 07:14 AM
You don't get out much do you? :-) Also, it looked to me to be more of a peaceful protest met with substantial government force. The last few days there have been silent protests and more arrests.

Not enough to check world news. Too busy with work lol.

Tom Roper
June 20th, 2013, 04:29 PM
It was a turkey shoot.

Jim Michael
June 20th, 2013, 06:07 PM
There have been massive protests in Brazil and it will be interesting to see if any drones are used to cover those.

Dick Mays
August 9th, 2013, 09:03 AM
It was a turkey shoot.

LOL, true that.