A British Airways plane carrying 132 passengers and 13 crew from Geneva is believed to have been hit by a drone as it approached London 's Heathrow Airport airport . This again highlights increasing concerns that drones , which are too small to appear on air traffic control radar screens , could destroy an airliner 's cockpit or break a cockpit windscreen . tens of thousands of drones , which cost as little as £ 25 , have been bought in the UK over the past few years and can be operated without a licence or registration with the Civil Aviation Authority ( uk ) , as long as they are not used for commercial purposes .
A British Airways flight carrying 132 passengers and five crew from Geneva is believed to have been hit by a drone as it approached London's Heathrow Airport yesterday. This again highlights increasing concerns that drones, which are too small to appear on air traffic control radar screens, could destroy an airliner's engine or break a cockpit windscreen. Tens of thousands of drones, which cost as little as £25, have been bought in the UK over the past few years and can be operated without a licence or registration with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), as long as they are not used for commercial purposes.