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FAA reports steady increase of near-miss incidents involving drones and aircraft across Las Vegas
The reports cover a span of years between 2014 to 2018 and show 95 reported drone sightings in the Las Vegas area. Dr. Walach said the number of reported drone sightings to the authorities is on pace to double in 2018 compared to the previous year. (www.ktnv.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It's like drinking and driving, (drones and airplanes( someday there will be a hell of a wreck.
I'd like to give what for to whomever came up for the expression "near miss" when something actually did miss. I'll never get it.
Simple - a 'near miss' means an object missed the aircraft be just a few feet or a fee meters.All other misses are more like what you think they are i.e a miss. The implication is that a near miss came very close to impacting the aircraft, or one could say, all the souls on board the aircraft barely missed being victims of an accident where they all could have died a most horrible death. Other misses, not in the same proximity, are not nearly so worrisome. Got it?
Actually, Forensics...it was a rhetorical comment. Got it?
I posed a similar question a few years ago on FA. The general response was near or far,a miss is as good as a miss. English is such a flexible language.
English is difficult enough without putting this kind of a twist on it. It's goofy.
As goofy as the pronunciation of 'ough'?