GERMANY: Small camera drone lands in front of German chancellor Angela Merkel at election rally in Dresden

Record ID: 184894

  • Title: GERMANY: Small camera drone lands in front of German chancellor Angela Merkel at election rally in Dresden
  • Date: 15th September 2013
  • Summary: DRESDEN, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 15, 2013) (REUTERS) PAN DOWN 'FRAUENKIRCHE' WITH STANDS OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS (CDU) IN FRONT PEOPLE AT CDU STAND MAN INFLATING CDU BALLOONS PAN OVER CROWD OF SUPPORTERS VARIOUS OF GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL, ARRIVING AT RALLY PEOPLE HOLDING UP SIGNS READING 'ANGIE' CLOSE OF 'ANGIE' SIGN MORE OF CDU SUPPORTERS MERKEL ON STAGE CROWD LOOKING ON SAXONY STATE PREMIER STANISLAW TILLICH SPEAKING ON STAGE CAMERA DRONE FLYING IN FRONT OF STAGE DRONE CRASHING DOWN IN FRONT OF STAGE/ PEOPLE LAUGHING/ SECURITY STUFF TAKING DRONE AWAY
  • Embargoed: 30th September 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA2XFT6G1EEPI7HMAKI2EKFOW5Q
  • Story Text: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's election rally in Dresden on Sunday (September 15) was disrupted by a camera drone flew around the stage where she was speaking.
    The small craft dropped in front of the podium where the Christian Democrat candidate (CDU) was about to address her supporters, one week before the federal vote on September 22.
    According to CDU members the drone was launched by a member of the Pirate party and was equipped with two cameras and a tablet computer.
    The Pirate party member was asked to land the drone. Police let him go after it was decided the drone posed no threat to those on stage and Merkel's campaign went on unimpeded.
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