ANAC Demands Clarification From Portela Over Person-Carrying Drone at Sapucaí Parade

Overview

• Brazil’s civil aviation authority formally notified Portela and the Rio samba league after a performer was flown on a drone during the school’s comissão de frente.
• Portela has ten days to submit the drone’s model and serial number, proof of registration with Anac, and the remote pilot’s information.
• Anac reiterated that RBAC‑E No. 94 prohibits transporting people by drone and warned the equipment poses a risk of serious or fatal accidents.
• The agency said the required 30‑meter buffer from uninvolved people did not exist at Marquês de Sapucaí because no sufficiently strong protective barrier was in place.
• Reports describe an eight‑rotor device with roughly five minutes of battery autonomy making about 40‑second flights, while Liesa said it had not received formal notice and Portela had not publicly responded.