US: Drone close calls, sightings by airliners up fivefold, FAA says
Reports of errant drones flouting US regulations including flying too close to passenger airliners and other aircraft surged late last year to an average of 4 incidents per day, according to FAA data. The 1,200 incident reports in 2015 were more than 5 times the 236 the FAA recorded a year earlier when it first began compiling the data. By the second half of last year, there were an average of 4 reports per day, according to figures released Friday by the agency. While there were no reported collisions in the latest data and most incidents were sightings with little chance of a mid-air impact, there were numerous instances involving airliners or large aircraft. In the last 2 weeks of January alone, at least 7 airline crews said they spotted drones while flying. <br/>
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US: Drone close calls, sightings by airliners up fivefold, FAA says
Reports of errant drones flouting US regulations including flying too close to passenger airliners and other aircraft surged late last year to an average of 4 incidents per day, according to FAA data. The 1,200 incident reports in 2015 were more than 5 times the 236 the FAA recorded a year earlier when it first began compiling the data. By the second half of last year, there were an average of 4 reports per day, according to figures released Friday by the agency. While there were no reported collisions in the latest data and most incidents were sightings with little chance of a mid-air impact, there were numerous instances involving airliners or large aircraft. In the last 2 weeks of January alone, at least 7 airline crews said they spotted drones while flying. <br/>
