Airspace regulators around the world are concerned about incidents between drones and manned aircraft – and a dive into the data found in the recently released FAA Administrator’s Fact Book for 2019 (Fact Book) shows why. Is the data accurate enough to use? Accident Data and the U.S. Safety Record The National Airspace (NAS) in…
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Drone near-miss sparks concern at airport
Officials at Windsor’s airport are expressing great concern over a single-engine plane’s near-miss with a drone as the plane was taking off, and are urging anyone with information on the drone to call police. The encounter happened while the plane, a local flying club’s single-engine Diamond DA 20-C1 (C-GGMV), belonging to Journey Air, was taking…
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BA jet carrying 300 passengers from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi came within 20ft of smashing into an illegally flown drone while flying at 6,000ft shortly after take-off, report reveals
A British Airways jet carrying up to 300 passengers came within 20ft of smashing into an illegally flown drone, a report revealed today. The dramatic near miss is believed to have been the closest ever near miss between a BA jet and a drone. The B777 jet had the close call while flying at around…
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Saudi Arabia says its oil pipeline was hit by drones
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — An oil pipeline that runs across Saudi Arabia was hit by drones Tuesday west of its capital of Riyadh, the Saudi energy minister said, shortly after rebels in Yemen claimed they carried out coordinated drone strikes against the kingdom. The attacks followed reports of sabotage against oil tankers in the…
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As Duchess Meghan’s Due Date Approaches, Frogmore Cottage Drone Signage Is Posted
New signage has been placed around the grounds at Windsor to warn people that there is a drone ban around Frogmore Cottage, which is the new home of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who are expecting their first baby imminently. Express reports that people attempted to fly their drones over Frogmore Cottage on the grounds…
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FAA investigating illegal drone flight over Fenway Park: Updated
Update at 5:30 PM on April 14: Boston police have seized the drone that was illegally flying over Fenway Park Thursday night. The drone operator was a juvenile and it is not clear if charges will be filed. The drone was seized during an investigation involving Boston police, State Police, the Suffolk District Attorney’s office,…
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Drone sighting prompted 30-minute air traffic stoppage at Frankfurt airport
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A drone sighting on Friday prompted a 30-minute stoppage of air traffic at Frankfurt airport, one of the world’s busiest, an airport spokesman said. Air traffic was halted from around 5.15 p.m. until 5.45 p.m., the spokesman said. The incident involved a single drone and flights were back to normal, the airport…
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400 drones detected over secret site says counter-drone company
A Queensland company which has installed counter-drone security at a critical infrastructure site with a restricted airspace in Australia says it has detected 400 drones in just six months. EPE uses the US-developed MESMER drone technology, which instead of using jamming techniques exploits drone protocols to identify a drone’s unique identification number and take control…
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Drones are causing airport chaos – why can’t we stop them?
For the second time in less than a month, suspected drone sightings have shut down a UK airport. On 8 January flights out of London Heathrow were suspended for over an hour. And between 19 and 21 December, more than 140,000 people at London Gatwick had their travel plans disrupted after drones were spotted above…
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