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Footage Reveals Drone Aircraft Nearly Downed Passenger Plane in 2004

Posted by timothy on from the statute-of-limitations dept.

Newly released footage, writes reader Wowsers, shows that in 2004 "A German drone aircraft was within meters of bringing down a passenger aircraft with 100 people on board. The link shows stills from onboard the drone. The incident had been hushed up for nine years, and is creating waves in Germany now the footage has been leaked out."

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  1. "bringing down" the house by fche · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A couple-pound plastic widget is not going to bring down an airliner after a collision, unless it's exceedingly (un)lucky. Large planes can take impact from much bigger objects and keep flying.