A drone narrowly missed a commercial Airbus A320 coming in to land at Heathrow by 50ft, in the second such incident in less than a year. The drone, which was flying over an area of London where there are many residential and business buildings, came within about 20ft of the plane as it taxied into Terminal Five.
A drone narrowly missed a commercial Airbus A320 coming in to land at Heathrow by 50ft, in the second such incident in less than a year. Despite being used as toys, drones are still classified as ‘aircraft’ by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) which provides strict guidelines on their use, including flying within 50m of any vehicle that is not under the user’s control - such as other commercial aircraft.