Officials investigate WestJet Encore Q400, UAV near-miss at Edmonton
Edmonton, Canada police are investigating a near miss involving an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, and a WestJet Encore Q400 twin turboprop on approach to Edmonton International July 31. According to Transport Canada, the airplane was descending through 6,500 ft., 9 miles from the airport when pilots spotted “a white drone of undetermined size” off their left wing. According to the airline, pilots saw the drone at about 2,000 ft. below the wing. WestJet did not provide the number of passengers and crew on the Q400, which has capacity for 78 passengers. “Our flight crew continued their approach without incident or impact to operations as they determined there was no risk to the aircraft, guests or crew,” the airline said. <br/>
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Officials investigate WestJet Encore Q400, UAV near-miss at Edmonton
Edmonton, Canada police are investigating a near miss involving an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, and a WestJet Encore Q400 twin turboprop on approach to Edmonton International July 31. According to Transport Canada, the airplane was descending through 6,500 ft., 9 miles from the airport when pilots spotted “a white drone of undetermined size” off their left wing. According to the airline, pilots saw the drone at about 2,000 ft. below the wing. WestJet did not provide the number of passengers and crew on the Q400, which has capacity for 78 passengers. “Our flight crew continued their approach without incident or impact to operations as they determined there was no risk to the aircraft, guests or crew,” the airline said. <br/>
