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Drone freed from line in utility’s ‘no-fly zone’

The Columbian
Published: June 1, 2015, 12:00am

SEATTLE — Workers have removed a remote-controlled aircraft that was stuck in power lines in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood for a week.

KING-TV reported that Seattle City Light crews removed the drone on Saturday.

Workers had been planning how to get the thing down since residents reported hearing a strange sputtering, buzzing noise overhead last weekend.

Seattle City Light representative Scott Thomsen called the region the I-5 of the power industry and told people to consider it a no-fly zone.

Workers removed the drone by de-energizing the line, attaching a carriage and using it to travel out on the wire.

Thomsen says the removal cost between $30,000 and $35,000.

The Seattle Police Department now has the drone and is investigating the incident.

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