Drones have been approved to circle above a popular city beach where a woman was mauled by a shark despite its proximity to an airport.
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has given a temporary exemption for aerial surveillance of Coogee Beach after a woman, aged in her 30s, was critically injured by a shark on Saturday.
Sustaining flesh wounds to her leg and arm, the woman, who was swimming between the flags when she was attacked, remains in a critical but a stable condition, St Vincent's Hospital told AAP on Monday.
Surf Lifesaving NSW public safety manager Brent Manieri confirmed the CASA ban was lifted to allow drones to fly across several beaches for the rest of the week.
"We will be operating ... to ensure there's a level of aerial surveillance that the community can feel safe and assured in when they want to come back down and have a swim," he told ABC on Monday.
