5 Oct, 2021 @ 13:45
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All Costa Blanca beaches in Spain may get life-saving drone patrols next summer

All of Costa Blanca beaches in Spain could see life-saving beach drones used next summer

BEACH drones could be used at all Valencian Community beaches next year after a pilot scheme saved six lives during August and September.

Valencian Interior and Justice Minister, Gabriela Bravo, branded the experiment in ten municipalities as a success.

The units were used from early August in Cullera, Gandia, Alboraya, Denia, Javea, Benidorm, Guardamar, Burriana, Peñíscola and Oropesa.

They clocked up 152 hours in 861 flights covering 2.137 kilometres.

Besides basic surveillance of beach areas, the drones also went out further to sea to check on weather conditions.

Gabriela Bravo said: “The drones saved six lives in direct rescue operations and fully justified our investment in them.”

“They probably saved many more lives due to their use for surveillance.”

“We are now going to analyse who we used the drones to see if we can extend the programme to the whole of the coast next summer,“ Bravo concluded.

READ MORE:- BENIDORM AND THREE OTHER COSTA BLANCA AREAS IN BEACH DRONE EXPERIMENT

DRAMATIC VIDEO OF EXPERIMENTAL DRONE HELPING TO SAVE THREE LIVES AT COSTA BLANCA BEACH

Alex Trelinski

Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.

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