Nobody wants their drone to develop a mind of its own, stop responding to commands, and fly away. But what should you do when faced with the unexpected? Is there a way to recover a lost drone when Return To Home (RTH) and emergency flight pause have failed to help? Here’s the process DJI pilots can follow after a flyaway occurs…

Searching for a drone that flew away

Searching for the aircraft manually is one of the first steps in the efforts to retrieve a flyaway drone. Luckily, DJI has a handy “Find My Drone” feature on its flight apps DJI Fly and DJI GO 4 that can tell you the aircraft’s last known coordinates. Even if this feature does not give you the flyaway drone’s exact location, it would at least help to narrow down the area of your search.

Checking the last known coordinates on DJI Fly

Go to “Profile” on the home page and tap “Find My Drone.” The coordinates where the drone was last connected will be found at the lower left…

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Source: dronedj.com