A small dark-colored drone hovered more than Louis Armstrong stadium during a US Open football match in New york Thursday night, before crashing into your stands and forcing play being briefly interrupted. For the reason that Associated Press stories, the drone crashed toward the final of a next round match between 26th-ranked Flavia Pennetta as well as Monica Niculescu.
Play was interrupted between points as police examined the dark-colored drone, which broke in to pieces after landing in a empty section of the stadium at this Billie Jean California king National Tennis Centre in Flushing, New york. A spokesman for your US Tennis Association tells the AP that no one was injured from the incident, and the New York Law enforcement Department "is conducting an ongoing investigation. " He added that no one has authorization to control drones over this tennis center.
"I was a little bit scared, I have to say," Pennetta said afterward. "I mean, with all the things that happen now in the world, I'm imagining, 'OK, it's a bomb.' That was my first reaction. I think it's normal to think something like that." The drone can be heard buzzing overhead with Pennetta serving at 5-3 in the second set, before crashing with a loud clang.
Drones have increasingly turn into a security concern on outdoor sports venues along with other live events. In 2014, a drone holding an Albanian nationalist the flag interrupted a Western european Championship qualifying complement between Albania as well as Serbia, sparking an on-field scuffle which forced the match being abandoned.
Thursday's automobile accident left both players startled, but Pennetta ultimately regained her composure in order to serve out a new 6-1, 6-4 earn.
