Virgin Atlantic jet in ‘closest ever’ near-miss with drone on approach to Heathrow

Ten feet was all that separated a Virgin Atlantic jet from colliding with a high-flying drone in what is thought to have been the closest ever near-miss between one of the gadgets and a commercial airliner, a new report has revealed.

The Heathrow-bound B787-9 Dreamliner plane – which would have been carrying as many as 264 passengers – was performing its descent above Clapham Common when the drone was seen passing just below its right wing …

https://news.sky.com/story/virgin-atlantic-jet-in-closest-ever-near-miss-with-drone-on-approach-to-heathrow-11532258

Sky News | Oct. 22, 2018

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