ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Transportation Safety Board has released the preliminary report on what caused the drone disaster over Lake Eola last December that left a seven-year-old boy badly injured.
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The initial findings from the NTSB show that the problems started right after liftoff.
The report stated that the drones didn’t go up the way they were supposed to, which caused the drones to collide, which in turn caused the operator to lose control.
The drone operator told the NTSB that the position of the show got rotated slightly put the drones too close to the audience.
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The drones were operated by sky elements.
The FAA suspended their license after this incident.
WFTV has a crew digging into this report and will have more on Channel 9 News at 10 p.m.
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