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3 killed when 2 small planes collide, crash in New York

Associated Press

A drone is tested in Brigham City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ** FILE **

Dad, son fight FAA over gun-firing, flame-throwing drones

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

(The Journal-Star via Associated Press/File)

FAA drone regulations turn toys into criminal liabilities

By Jason Snead and John-Michael Seibler

A hexacopter drone is flown during a drone demonstration at a farm and winery on potential use for board members of the National Corn Growers, Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Cordova, Md. Routine commercial use of small drones got a green light from the Obama administration June 21, 2016, after years of struggling to write regulations that would both protect public safety and unleash the economic potential and societal benefits of the new technology. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Drone use likely to soar with new FAA rules

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2015, file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. talks to media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Schumer wants to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish seat-size standards for commercial airlines, which he says now force passengers to sit on planes &quot;like sardines.&quot; (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

U.S. senator wants government to set airline seat-size rules

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this June 11, 2015, file photo, a hexacopter drone is flown by Doug Bennett, senior technician and operator for Intelligent UAS, during a drone demonstration at a farm and winery on potential use for board members of the National Corn Growers in Cordova, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Drones registered with FAA outnumber manned aircraft at 325,000 and growing

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Members of the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office fly their search and rescue drone during a demonstration in Brigham City, Utah, on Feb. 13, 2014. (Associated Press)

181,000 drones registered since FAA database launched

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A drone is demonstrated in Brigham City, Utah, on Feb. 13, 2014. (Associated Press)

Feds to require drone owners to register

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Michael Capuano, Massachusetts Democrat, urged the FAA to issues drone safety rules before a crash occurs. (Associated press)

FAA faces heat for missing deadline on drone safety rules

By Meghan Bartlett - The Washington Times

In this March 12, 2014, file photo, a drone prepares to land after flying over the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in East Harlem in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

FAA dumps recording-setting fine on aerial photo company over drone flights

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this June 11, 2015, file photo, a hexacopter drone is flown in Cordova, Md. Pilot reports of drone sightings so far this year are more than double last year, the Federal Aviation Administration reported recently. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

11-month-old girl injured in drone crash

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy Dave Durbin prepares to fly a drone during a demonstration of a search and rescue operation on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, in Dublin, Calif. As law enforcement joins the ranks of hobbyists sending drones into California skies, civil liberties advocates are raising the specter of unchecked police surveillance and state lawmakers are drafting limits. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Feds, police working on safe, anti-drone technology

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Authorities say multiple people died following the midair collision and crash of two small planes near an airport in southern San Diego County. (John Gastaldo/U-T San Diego via AP)

5 killed as small planes collide in midair over California

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2014 file photo, a Southwest Airlines jet takes off from Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. A record number of travelers are expected to take to the skies this summer thanks to a rebounding economy, according to a prediction released Monday, May 18, 2015 by Airlines for America, the industry’s trade and lobbying group. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

D.C., New York flights on hold, Air Traffic Control issues cause delays down East Coast

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this Friday, July 17, 2015, file photo, firefighters battle a wildfire along the Cajon Pass, near San Bernadino, Calif., as the fast-moving flames swept across a Southern California freeway. A spate of drone sightings near firefighting aircraft is fueling calls for more oversight and self-policing in the skies. (Terry Pierson/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

Drones getting in the way of emergency responders

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

This undated image provided by Amazon.com shows the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project that Amazon is working on in its research and development labs. (AP Photo/Amazon) ** FILE **

Delivery by drone in 30 minutes? Amazon says it’s coming

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech at Texas Southern University in Houston, Thursday, June 4, 2015. Clinton is calling for an expansion of early voting and pushing back against Republican-led efforts to restrict voting access, laying down a marker on voting rights at the start of her presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Hillary Clinton granted no-fly zone status for campaign event

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this undated photo provided by the French Interior Ministry, French emergency rescue services work at the site of the Germanwings jet that crashed on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, near Seyne-les-Alpes, France. (AP Photo/French Interior Ministry, Francis Pellier)

Little vetting of pilots for mental health, U.S. experts say

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

A passenger plane flies directly over a home as it brings increased noise to residential neighborhoods like this one near Phoenix as new FAA flight routes out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport are affecting dozens of neighborhoods with the new noise that residents previously did not have to be subjected to Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in Laveen, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

FAA computers at risk of cyberattacks, report says

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times