FAA places restrictions on drone company after Florida boy injured at holiday airshow, underwent heart surgery
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The FAA has suspended part of a drone company's operations after a young boy in Florida was severely injured at an aerial holiday show last week.
It's not clear how long the pause will remain in place. The move came amid an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) into a Dec. 21 incident in which a malfunction occurred during an aerial light show in Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando. Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
One multiple red and green-lit drones struck a 7-year-old boy and knocked him out upon impact, his parents previously told Fox Orlando. The boy, Alexander, underwent open-heart surgery, they said.
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