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EastEnders fans spot blunder with Phil Mitchell’s drone – and they are not happy!

Has Phil accidentally broken the law?

Last night at the beginning of EastEnders viewers saw Phil Mitchell flying a drone around Albert Square with stepson Dennis Rickman Jnr.

However viewers were not happy as the soap showed the pair flying a drone in a built up area… which is illegal.

One tweeted: “@bbceastenders way to go promoting safe drone flying BBC flying a drone in the square in a build up aera near people on EastEnders ………#idiotic #irresponsible #dronecode #caa” [sic]

A second tweeted: “Why are you making it look ok to fly a drone in a built up area with people around, there are regulations and people that do not abide by them make it harder for drone users that do abide by the drone code to continue flying. #ashamed #drone #eastenders @bbceastenders @BBCOne” [sic]

Another tweeted: “Pretty sure it is illegal to fly a drone that close to people and their homes #EastEnders”

Phil and Dennis were flying the drone around Albert Square (Credit: BBC)

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There are a list of drone laws to make sure those in control fly their drones safely and legally and it appears Phil and Dennis may have broken that law – oops!

Trusted reviews state that consumer drones (classed as under 20kg) must be kept at least 50 metres away from people and private property and be flown under 400 feet (150 meters).

It also states you are not to fly your drone within 150 meters of a congested area and organised open-air assemblies of more than 1000 people.

You are not allowed to fly within 50 meters of private property (Credit: BBC)

Other viewers joked that Phil and Dennis were behind the recent Gatwick drone chaos last year.

https://twitter.com/Boothby_/status/1085265303670583297

https://twitter.com/samperry2003/status/1085258589114114048

One tweeted: “It was Phil Mitchell after all!!! #gatwickchaos #Heathrow #drone #EastEnders” [sic]

A second joked: “It was Dennis who caused issues with the drones at the airport #EastEnders”

A third wrote: “I knew it! It was Phil Mitchell to cause the Gatwick chaos! #EastEnders #gatwickchaos #drone” [sic]

Some viewers joked they were behind the Gatwick drone chaos (Credit: BBC)

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Due to the chaos with drones, airport exclusion zones to 5km (three miles) from the current 1km zone.

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Charlotte Rodrigues
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Charlotte Rodrigues joined Entertainment Daily in April 2018, as Audience Engagement Executive. A huge soap fan, Charlotte then became Senior Soap Writer, delivering the latest storylines and spoilers to our followers.

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