FAA Approves New Drone Flights

Drones for new commercial use in American skies were approved Thursday by the FAA with some help from Hollywood, nytimes.com reports.

The Federal Aviation Administration said camera-carrying drones can be used on certain movie and television sets for new Hollywood productions.

Until now, the FAA has banned commercial drones except for some limited use in wilderness parts of Alaska.

This is the first time that companies in the US will be able to legally use drones to fly over people, according to nytimes.com.

The decision has broad implications for real estate, the news media and other sectors where some would like to use the new devices.

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