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As far as I'm aware 14 CFR 107 lacks anything like what applies to aircraft in case of power plant failure.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/part-91#p-91.119(a)

The catch all under both regulations is anything that's "careless and wreckless"

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/part-107#p-107.23

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/section-91.13

Was this particular operation careless and wreckless? Could be.

Someone else in the thread said the weather conditions included mist. I'm skeptical misty conditions also permits a minimum 3 miles of visibility, but what do I know I'm just a pilot.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/part-107#p-107.51(c)

But also, it's possible the waiver I assume Amazon is operating under could include visibility. I assume this because Part 107 requires visual line of sight operation, but Amazon's operation sounds like beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). I don't know anything about that. I'd like to think the waiver and the operating requirements are public information, but I don't know that either.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/section-107.31

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/part-107#p-107.205(c)



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