The incident is thought to be one of the closest ever near misses between a BA plane and a drone.
The plane was flying over Kent at the time A British Airways plane with 180 passengers on board came a few feet away from colliding with a drone over Kent, according to a report. The Airbus A321 from Athens, Greece, to London Heathrow was flying at a speed of more than 250mph and at a height of 9,600ft at the time. The incident is thought to be one of the closest ever near misses between a BA jet and an illegally-flown drone. It happened just before 4.
The flight map of the Airbus A321 According to the report by the UK Airprox Board, pilots described the drone as being around 5ft over their wing and just 30ft from their cockpit. The report rated the incident as a Category A where there was a serious risk of a collision. It said about the drone: ‘It was small, but had the distinctive shape of a drone. The object passed down the right-hand side of the aircraft and over their right wing.
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