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Lufthansa

Flight Narrowly Avoids Three Drones

Jesse Tabit May 24, 2016

A Lufthansa Airbus A320 narrowly dodged three drones upon landing at Bilbao Airport (BIO) Saturday. According to Mirror, “it has been described as the most serious incident involving drones at the airport to date.” An investigation has been launched to identify the owner(s) of the drones.

For more information on this story, visit Mirror.

[Photo: Alamy]

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Flight Narrowly Avoids Three Drones

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Sydneyberlin May 25, 2016

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Seems to me it will only be a matter of time until one (or some) of these things really hit a commercial airplane. So the question is- will it do enough damage to cause a seriously dangerous situation?

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May 25, 2016

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Shouldn't the drones be the ones dodging around the LH A320?

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