The drone was flying at 5,500ft, almost 14 times the legal limit, and nearly crashed into a Virgin Atlantic plane carrying 264 passengers as it left Heathrow set for Johannesburg
Passenger plane just feet away from hitting drone in near-miss over UK
The drone was flying at 5,500ft, almost 14 times the legal limit, and nearly crashed into a Virgin Atlantic plane carrying 264 passengers as it left Heathrow set for Johannesburg
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A pilot's chilling warning of "we almost hit a drone" has emerged after a passenger plane carrying 106 people came within around…
The near miss took place as the jet - flying from Florence in Italy - was at 1,300ft and coming in to land at Heathrow Airport in…
The Airbus A320 had just taken off from London 's Heathrow Airport back in May and was at 9,000 ft when the near-miss occurred.
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