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Airliner's near miss with drone injures two crew members
The threat of drone collisions near airports isn't just scary -- it can lead to very real injuries, even if there's no accident. Canada's Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident where a Porter Airlines flight bound for Toronto took evasive maneuvers in an attempt to avoid a reported drone, injuring two crew members. The exact circumstances (including the nature of the injuries) isn't clear, but it took place near Billy Bishop Airport, an island hub right near… (www.engadget.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
So the pilots thought it was a balloon 9000 ft up 20 odd km from shore 55 km from Toronto, suddenly it's a drone and "it took place near Billy Bishop Airport, an island hub right near Toronto's downtown core". The media should really learn to stop speculating and wait for the official report to come out, or perhaps they should just stop inventing stories that they know will stir up outrage and attract visits to their websites through clickbait like this.
Can't sell advertising space if you don't have enough readers, and you can't get as many readers with The Truth as you can with speculation and fabrication.
Later reports confirm it was a bird anyways.
I don't buy this... A drone at 9000 feet... You would not see it from the ground to even control it. I have flown these as well as other RC. I think this is a case of Pilot thinking he saw something and he may have, but I doubt that it was a Drone.
The first report I saw said 9000 ft and 30 miles offshore. Not much to see out there for a drone operator.
Statistic probability dictates a fatal incident involving a drone and an aircraft is inevitable. Where and when this will happen, nobody knows.. Our collective past behaviour indicates that when the collision occurs, sweeping legislation will be enacted in an attempt to reduce the likelihood of a re-occurrence.