DJI Phantom 'flyaway' - Failsafe mode and recovery

This occurred while filming for a longboarding vid in Albuquerque a few days ago. Simultaneously lost control and FPV picture, at which point (after reviewing the footage) it seems to have entered failsafe mode and begun RTH. I couldn't tell what the hell was going on at the time, so I switched to manual mode and re-established control. The obvious risk of flying in the middle of a city! This was my first such incident after 14+ hours of flight time.

[@TheImperfectGent]

It's good to see things working as they should and that you got her back safely :). I'm not sure this counts as a 'flyaway' in the true sense.

[@LukeFitch]

True, at the time any incident in which I lost control I considered a 'flyaway'... Now this has happened to me a few more times - apparently gypsum sand dunes play particular havoc with the signal - and I'm a little more comfortable with RTH mode.

[@aphfilm]

FEW! sweet shot btw!

[@sketch6995]

this wasnt a flyaway, that was your phantom entering failsafe, but for some reason, i think it climbed more than 20 meters......looked more like 100 feet or so, i'd speculate your right, it was interference.....is this a phantom 2?

[@LukeFitch]

This was a Phantom 1... and yes, I no longer consider this a flyaway - didn't realize at the time it had entered RTH. Since then I've been flying a lot more aggressively, and have had this happen at least a dozen times. Definitely some serious interference though, since it also knocked out my 5.8ghz video for a moment.

[@johnbauby6612]

Here's my flyaway: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npuroJmiaLqMZ80 Recovery for me was a bit more difficult