U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March: FAA

[mem_ny]

Not offering an opinion, but this was just posted on Page 1 of US MSN.

http://news.msn.com/us/us-passenger-jet-nearly-collided-with-drone-in-march-faa

 

[panhygrous pantler]

Re: U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March:

Awesome. Even more sloppy reporting.

It wasn't a Phantom or even another multicopter.

It was an RC plane up at 2300 ft.

 

[mem_ny]

Re: U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March:

You are correct. Incident was at 2,300 feet. Note that the article ridiculously uses an image of a DJI Phantom.

 

[EMCSQUAR]

Re: U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March:

Awesome. Even more sloppy reporting.

It wasn't a Phantom or even another multicopter.

It was an RC plane up at 2300 ft.

NBC reported it was a military drone

 

[GMANNZ]

Re: U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March:

Fox would have probably said it was the Russians trying to bring down innocent civilians ... :lol: LOL

 

[panhygrous pantler]

Re: U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March:

NBC reported it was a military drone

Even better. It's like a media version of the telephone game. Not a military drone according to the pilot.

Here's the original story from the WSJ that broke the story:

http://online.wsj.com/news/article_emai ... OTEwNDkyWj

""The FAA said US Airways Flight 4650 from Charlotte, N.C., a 50-seat jet, was approaching Tallahassee airport when it passed the drone, which the pilot described "as a camouflaged F-4 fixed-wing aircraft that was quite small." The drone was more similar to a model aircraft flown by hobbyists rather than a so-called quadcopter that many see as the type of unmanned aircraft with commercial potential."

 

[EMCSQUAR]

Re: U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March:

Fox would have probably said it was the Russians trying to bring down innocent civilians ... :lol: LOL

Or was return flight of missing Malaysia airlines