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| Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says | Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says |
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| A passenger plane thought to have been struck as it approached Heathrow airport was probably not hit by a drone after all, the government says. | A passenger plane thought to have been struck as it approached Heathrow airport was probably not hit by a drone after all, the government says. |
| Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told MPs the incident was no longer thought to have involved a drone. | Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told MPs the incident was no longer thought to have involved a drone. |
| A police investigation was launched after the pilot of a BA flight from Geneva on 17 April reported an object had struck the front of the aircraft. | A police investigation was launched after the pilot of a BA flight from Geneva on 17 April reported an object had struck the front of the aircraft. |
| It was thought to be the first drone collision with an aircraft in the UK. | It was thought to be the first drone collision with an aircraft in the UK. |
| The Airbus A320 was carrying 132 passengers and five crew as it approached the airport. It landed safely. | The Airbus A320 was carrying 132 passengers and five crew as it approached the airport. It landed safely. |
| At the time the Metropolitan Police said the plane was hit by a drone at about 1,700ft (580m) while flying over the area of Richmond Park, in south west London. | At the time the Metropolitan Police said the plane was hit by a drone at about 1,700ft (580m) while flying over the area of Richmond Park, in south west London. |
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| The rules for flying domestic drones | |
| Drone incidents at UK airports | |
| Source: The UK Airprox Board | |
| The head of the International Air Transport Association, Tony Tyler, earlier this year warned that drones flown by the general public were "a real and growing threat" to civilian aircraft. | |
| The UK Air Proximity Board - which investigates near-miss incidents in UK airspace - says there had been a number of serious near-misses at UK airports involving drones. |