Fig. 2

Concept of line-of-sight operation of a remotely piloted aircraft system in major incident management. A bus and a truck with flammable gas on fire after a collision. The unmanned remote piloted aircraft (RPA) is under the control of a remote pilot-in-command (P) on the ground assisted by a mission specialist (MS). Signals from satellites (SA) together with on-board automation such as a GPS module and a micro controller unit help to manoeuvre the vehicle. Real-time aerial video of the major incident (MI) scene is streamed to a ground control station (GSC) and displayed on the monitor (M). Pre-hospital rescue teams (RT1-3) that are not co-located treat injured trauma patients (black). (Illustration: Kim Søderstrøm)