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April 18, 2016 03:50 am GMT
More about Drone, British Airways, Uk, and Tech
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Drone reportedly collides with passenger plane in London
Imagine flying along in economy class, when a drone smashes into your window and makes you spill your peanuts. This is a new reality. In actual fact, the outcome could be way worse than dropping a couple of nuts.
On Sunday, a pilot said he believed a drone flew right into the front of his British Airways plane as he was landing it in London, according to CNN. If this turns out to be true, it is believed to be the first reported case of a drone hitting the plane of a major airline.
The Airbus A320, which was carrying 132 passengers and five crew, was flying from Geneva, Switzerland to London's Heathrow Airport when some idiot apparently got up in his flight path. The incident reportedly occurred at 12:50 p.m. local time. Read more...
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