Air France jet narrowly avoids catastrophic collision with air drone

177 views · Published 4 March 2016 · 1:12 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: BNO News · 2016 · News & Politics

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A drone came within 16 feet of a potentially catastrophic collision with an Air France jet landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in the closest encounter yet between one of the remotely operated devices and a civil airliner. The Airbus Group SE A320, which can carry 150 people, was arriving from Barcelona on Feb. 19 at a height of 1,600 meters when the pilot saw the drone on the plane’s left-hand side.

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