The Crossrail project that’s digging London a new subway system is nearly finished — which means there’s a bunch of freshly-dug tunnels lying there, devoid of trains and just begging for a drone to fly through. Thankfully, the BBC was on hand with a spare quadrotor or two.
Following four months of negotiation — man, those meetings must have been fun! — the BBC managed to get access to the Crossrail tunnels, and brought in a specially-trained pilot with a GoPro-laden DJI Phantom to make the most of it.
In addition to the final clip, there’s also a good behind-the-scenes look, mostly consisting of one very nervous pilot trying not to crash his drone into all the Health & Safety people.
It’s also an interesting look at how broadcast media might start using drones in the near future — the clip was filmed for a news segment, after all. [BBC]