Metropolitan Police in London are investigating a possible midair collision between a passenger jet on approach to Heathrow Airport in London and a drone. It would be the first time that an airplane from a major airline has actually collided with a drone.
At 12:50PM Sunday, a pilot on British Airways Flight 727 reported to the Metropolitan Police that he believed a drone had struck his aircraft. The flight, an Airbus A320 en route to London from Geneva, Switzerland, landed safely at Heathrow airport. Airport police investigating the incident discovered that an object, believed to be a drone, had struck the front of the aircraft, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police. No arrests have been made.
via The Verge
