Drone incident

126 'Drone incident' stories October 2017 - November 2017

Drone collides with passenger jet over theme park in Buenos Aires

Haye Kesteloo Nov 14 2017 - 8:33 am PT

Another close call. This time in the southern hemisphere. On its final approach, a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet collides with a drone over the Tierra Santa religious theme park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Aerolineas Argentinas jet was flying from Trelew, northeastern Patagonia and was struck by the drone on the final approach to the Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery Airport, La Capital reports. The incident happened right over the theme park.

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Drone incident with approaching airplane at Auckland airport

Haye Kesteloo Nov 6 2017 - 8:22 am PT

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Drone incident with approaching airplane at Auckland airportDrone incident with approaching airplane at Auckland airport

The New Zealand Herald reported two drone incidents with airplanes on their approach to Auckland airport. A passenger on board the flight said that the drone passed so close to the airplane, it was only meters below the airplane as it came into land at Auckland airport. This report comes in after we reported on similar incidents in The Netherlands, Canada, and Great Brittain.

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Drone causes chaos at Gatwick airport

Haye Kesteloo Nov 4 2017 - 11:43 am PT

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Earlier this summer, on July 2nd to be exact there was a drone flying in the restricted airspace of Gatwick Airport in Great Britain. This 2-minute video released by NATS shows the chaos caused by the drone pilot. Various airplanes were directed to holding patterns and some planes ended up diverting to other airports.

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Lange Antares 20E glider was struck by consumer drone

Haye Kesteloo Oct 30 2017 - 9:13 am PT

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Last Saturday, a Lange Antares 20E glider was soaring along the Dutch shoreline, when it was struck but a consumer drone. The incident was reported to the Aviation Safety Network as occurrence #200703. According to the report, there were no injuries or fatalities. The glider was able to make it back to the airfield safely. The aircraft sustained significant damage to the wingtip and the drone was destroyed upon impact. No word as of yet on finding the drone pilot.

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Drone hits passenger plane above Quebec City airport in Canada

Haye Kesteloo Oct 16 2017 - 9:22 am PT

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Drone hits passenger plane above Quebec City airport in Canada. The Honourable Marc Garneau, federal Minister of Transport (photo: Alain Denis)

On Sunday the Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau said that for the first time in Canada a drone had collided with a passenger airplane. The commercial Skyjet plane was struck as it was approaching Jean Lesage airport in Quebec City on Thursday. Garneau confirmed that the airplane only sustained minor damage and was able to land safely. He was extremely relieved that nobody got hurt. He continued to say:

“This should not have happened. That drone should not have been there. It could have been much more serious. If the drone had collided with the cockpit or the engine, the incident could have been catastrophic.”

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Airbus 319 with 130 passengers narrowly misses drone at Gatwick Airport

Haye Kesteloo Oct 15 2017 - 12:29 pm PT

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UK Drone incidents rose more than a third in 2018, say safety experts

BBC News just reported that an Airbus 319 narrowly missed a large drone while approaching Gatwick Airport. A UK Airprox Board report revealed that 130 lives were at risk when a large diameter drone passed directly over the wing, in between the wingtip and the fuselage. An “airprox” is when distances between aircraft are seen to compromise safety. The incident happened on July 9th when a drone was “flown into conflict” with the Airbus 319. According to the report, there had been a high chance of collision.

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