Ravens’ AFC Title Game Drone Pilot Pleads Guilty, Sentenced….

There were more aerial threats in the 2023–24 AFC Championship Game that Lamar

Jackson won’t want people to remember.

According to Dylan Segelbaum of The Baltimore Banner, the man from Pennsylvania

whose drone momentarily disrupted the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs’

postseason game in January entered a guilty plea to charges of intentionally and

knowingly breaching U.S. national defense airspace. Delaware County resident

Matthew Hebert, the pilot, received a one-year probationary period and a $500 fine.

During the first quarter of play, Hebert’s drone was hovering over the temporarily

restricted air space of M&T Bank Stadium.

As the matter was settled, time was momentarily called for what CBS play-by-play

commentator Jim Nantz labeled a “administrative timeout.”

Segelbaum’s investigation claims that Hebert was not aware of the stadium’s airspace

limits because there were no flying advisories provided on his drone control app.

Hebert further asserted that he was not aware of the delay he had caused until

responding law officers notified him of it.

The area was closed by FAA regulations from one hour prior to kickoff to one hour

following the end of the game.

This season, M&T Bank Stadium saw an oddly high number of drone invasions.

According to a separate report by Hayes Gardner of the Baltimore Sun, local

authorities reported eight violations of FAA restrictions in November alone.

Vernon Conway, vice president for public safety and security at the Maryland

Stadium Authority, described the issue as a “growing problem.”

Two of those incidents occurred on Nov. 16 during the Ravens’ nationally televised

Thursday night game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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