A plane was involved in one of the UK's closest recorded near-misses with a drone in the skies above Greater Manchester. The incident involved an Airbus A320 aircraft flying at 8,000ft over having just taken off from Manchester Airport, according to a report by the UK Airprox Board (UKAB).
Both pilots in the cockpit of the Easyjet Manchester-to-Athens flight "saw a large drone pass very close to the aircraft windscreen", the inquiry found. The drone was described as blue, around 50cm long and weighing "at least 10kg".
Separation between the aircraft and the flying gadget was officially listed as "zero". The UKAB put the September 4 incident in the most serious risk category because "a definite risk of collision had existed".
Another Stupid Drone Pilot going to ruin it for us all.
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