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New excuses Infront to Hirscher, the FIS, the Italian and Austrian federsci and the organizing committee of Campiglio

Here is the statement issued by Infront and published on the official website of the FIS about the & rsquo; the drone incident which threatened to hit Marcel Hirscher in the second run of the slalom of Madonna di Campiglio.

Wednesday 23 December 2015 3 minutes reading time

& Ldquo; During the slalom race of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup FIS in Madonna di Campiglio / Italy on the evening of December 22, 2015, an unmanned drone DFC-COPTER XR1 carrying a camera to the TV you & egrave; crashed in the snow during the second round of the Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher. The drone had been used to provide aerial shots of the slalom race, and was part of the operation host broadcast of Infront Sports & amp; Average. The drone and the pilot of the drone were provided by a third party service for Infront Sports & amp; Average. The initial technical report indicates a malfunction of the drone. According to the company & agrave; producer of the drone, the reason most & ugrave; probable & egrave; a strong and unexpected interference on the operating frequency, leading to a & rsquo; & agrave operativeness; Limited. Identified this, the pilot followed the official procedure of security, specially making the drone fly ill pi & ugrave; close as possible to the track before releasing. The purpose was to destroy the drone, in order to avoid loss of control. We are very sorry for what & egrave; and above all that happened in this case it happened very close to an athlete, Marcel Hirscher. We are extremely relieved that nobody & egrave; He was injured and we apologize once again to Marcel Hirscher, as well as & eacute; FIS, the Austrian and Italian ski federations and the local organizing committee. Infront he has decided to appoint an independent expert external un''indagine formally on the issue. For the moment, FIS and Infront have agreed to refrain dall''utilizzo of drones to broadcast until it can be assured their operation completely safe & rdquo ;.

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