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April 19, 2016

Drone-jet collision highlights the danger

  • The plane landed safely but the incident has focused attention on unregulated drones in the sky and the potential for disaster if they hit a plane.
    • By JILL LAWLESS
    Associated Press

    LONDON — A collision between a British Airways passenger jet and a drone over London has left the plane undamaged but the aviation industry deeply shaken.

    British police and air accident authorities were investigating Sunday's incident, in which an Airbus A320 carrying 137 people struck an object believed to be a drone at a height of about 1,700 feet (518 meters) while it was approaching Heathrow Airport.


     
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