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Drones fall from sky during Folly Beach New Year's Eve show, FAA investigates

S3 · 12/31
2024 · 19:03 · Rise Above Drone Show · Folly Beach, SC, USA

Record

CompanyRise Above Drone Show
Categoryother
Typemalfunction
Date12/31
2024
Time of day19:03
LocationFolly Beach, SC, USA
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scaledrone light show fleet
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourcePost and Courier

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Several drones dropped from the sky during a New Year's Eve drone light show at Folly Beach, South Carolina, prompting an FAA investigation into the operator.

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