Re:Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw
by dmitrygr on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @04:07PM
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Yes. Here are some examples:
1. they distract the pilot during the most critical phase of flight
2. In an airport environment, planes are closer to each other than elsewhere in space, so if a pilot has to suddenly deviate to miss a drone, he might hit another plane
3. If a drone gets in the way of one side of a LOC or a GS signal, it might mess up the plane's ILS approach, possibly causing it to crash. Birds (being radio-transparent) do not.
1. they distract the pilot during the most critical phase of flight
2. In an airport environment, planes are closer to each other than elsewhere in space, so if a pilot has to suddenly deviate to miss a drone, he might hit another plane
3. If a drone gets in the way of one side of a LOC or a GS signal, it might mess up the plane's ILS approach, possibly causing it to crash. Birds (being radio-transparent) do not.