Heathrow Plane In Near Miss With Drone

An anonymous reader writes with news about a near miss between a drone and a plane near Heathrow. "An unidentified drone came close to hitting a plane as it landed at Heathrow, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has confirmed. An Airbus A320 pilot reported seeing a helicopter-style drone as the jet was 700 feet off the ground on its approach to the runway at 1416 GMT on 22 July. The CAA has not identified the airline or how close the drone came to the plane, which can carry 180 people. It gave the incident an 'A' rating, meaning a 'serious risk of collision'. This is the highest incident rating the CAA can give. Investigators were unable to identify the drone, which did not appear on air traffic control radar and disappeared after the encounter."

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Re:It won't be long

[gweihir]

Stop being stupid. There is a ton of risks to flying airplanes that are relevant, this is _not_ one of them. Sure, it could happen, but the that is the risk-management of the stupid or those so afraid that they lose all reason. The question is whether it is _likely_ when compared to other risks that are there. It is not.