(Source: Bloomberg, May 6, 2015)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — BSNF Railway Co., owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, will be among the first companies to operate a commercial drone over hundreds of miles in a U.S. research program to test the safety of pilot-less flights. A camera-equipped drone will fly as far as 400 miles along tracks in rural areas to inspect rails, BNSF said. The Federal Aviation Administration also chose CNN and Precision Hawk USA to make flights beyond the visual line of sight of an operator in unpopulated areas, a practice that is currently banned.
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