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Important CAA Safety Announcement Regarding TB50 & TB55 Batteries
Hi
I am writing to inform you of a new safety notice put out by the CAA on Wednesday 31st October. It applies to all users of any drone that uses TB50 and TB55 batteries.
If you do not own or use one of these drones you may disregard this email.
For users of these drones, we wanted to make sure you are aware of this safety notice. You should read it carefully and note how it applies to you.
Full CAA Safety notice
There are four key points to be aware of:

1. This Safety Notice applies to operators of multi-rotor small unmanned aircraft utilising DJI battery model TB50 or TB55, including all DJI Matrice 200 series (which includes the 200, 210 and 210 RTK platforms) and the DJI Inspire 2 (the “Affected SUA”).

1. In accordance with Air Navigation Order article 253, any element of a permission based on an Operational Safety Case (OSC), issued by the CAA to an SUA operator which permits the operation of an Affected SUA to be operated:
   
   • over or within 150 metres of any congested area;
   • within 50 metres of any persons;
   • within 50 metres of any, vessel, vehicle or structure which is not under the control of the SUA Operator or remote pilot of the SUA;
   • over or within 150 metres of an open air assembly of more than 1,000 persons; or
   • using EVLOS is provisionally suspended until further notice.
2. In accordance with Air Navigation Order article 257 and 257(2)(c) operators of Affected SUA are hereby directed not to permit any flight that involves overflight of any persons at any height until further notice.
3. These limitations will be subject to regular review. As soon as further updates have been obtained from the manufacturer, and the CAA is satisfied that this has been addressed in a satisfactory manner, the CAA will then issue a further update via the SkyWise alerts portal on the CAA website.

The CAA has advised that this notice will remain in force until further notice.
We will keep you informed of any changes that may occur. If you don’t already do so, please follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn so that you may receive notices like this sooner from us.

Please forward to anyone you know that may be affected by this.
Yours sincerely
Steve Coulson
MD Coptrz​

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