Rob
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If they did fly a drone over the audience then Alton towers and the filming company were asking for trouble. I use the quad copter (a drone is a device that can do remote operations ie for the army but the press latched onto filming quadscopters/octocopters and called them drones and we all know how the press like to distort things). And they should NEVER be flown above crowds. It's illegal to start with. If it came down think how much that would do for Alton towers credibility! Im OK with it personally going up and doing a side shot with no people under but again legally its 100 metres from crowds and near no roads (which obviously sonic is near). Totally irresponsible if it was organised by the towers.
The drone I saw was not directly over the crowd but towards the left of the display, it never once went over the crowd. It was hard to get a full perspective of exactly where it was in the sky. I believe it was Jubilee Fireworks that were doing the filming and that they have used drones to film shows in the past.
I'm sure the relevant permissions had been gained.