Reported near miss at LHR

sar104 · Oct 21, 2018

I just can't resist posting this one, especially with the classic Sun headline...

Virgin plane in terrifying near miss with drone on Heathrow approach

JDawg · Oct 21, 2018

sar104 said:
I just can't resist posting this one, especially with the classic Sun headline...

Virgin plane in terrifying near miss with drone on Heathrow approach

I was almost too terrified to read the article. This made me LOL
It was feared that a British Airways flight from Geneva was hit by a drone at 1,700ft over Richmond Park as it came in to Heathrow in April, 2016, but transport minister Robert Goodwill later revealed the object may have been a plastic bag.

sar104 · Oct 21, 2018

JDawg said:
I was almost too terrified to read the article. This made me LOL
It was feared that a British Airways flight from Geneva was hit by a drone at 1,700ft over Richmond Park as it came in to Heathrow in April, 2016, but transport minister Robert Goodwill later revealed the object may have been a plastic bag.

That was another good one. Of course it doesn't mean that this one was not a real event, and I don't mean to minimize that possibility.

Porky · Oct 21, 2018

sar104 said:
I just can't resist posting this one, especially with the classic Sun headline...

Virgin plane in terrifying near miss with drone on Heathrow approach

Yep the good ol Sun news paper, it’s like a Tom & Jerry comic here in the UK so it must be true

Lapeer20m · Oct 21, 2018

My favorite quote....

It was feared that a British Airways flight from Geneva was hit by a drone at 1,700ft over Richmond Park as it came in to Heathrow in April, 2016, but transport minister Robert Goodwill later revealed the object may have been a plastic bag

sar104 · Oct 21, 2018

Porky said:
Yep the good ol Sun news paper, it’s like a Tom & Jerry comic here in the UK so it must be true

Despite the fine reputation of The Sun for sensationalizing, perhaps a more balanced way to look at this would be "just because it's in The Sun doesn't mean it is untrue". Obviously this is describing an actual report of a near miss made to the CAA, so the newspaper is irrelevant, other than the splendid headline.

lmel2005 · Oct 21, 2018

Should it be here if we check uas?
Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports - GOV.UK

WithTheBirds · Oct 21, 2018

lmel2005 said:
Should it be here if we check uas?
Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports - GOV.UK

You would think so. It probably would be reasonable to expect some form of administration/vetting might need to occur before the item was made available in the public searchable reports database.

lmel2005 · Oct 21, 2018

WithTheBirds said:
You would think so. It probably would be reasonable to expect some form of administration/vetting might need to occur before the item was made available in the public searchable reports database.

Ok, maybe there is a reasonable delay then.

sar104 · Oct 21, 2018

Porky · Oct 21, 2018

sar104 said:
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Looks like the Sun news paper has reported something right for the 1st time. Bet it was on page 3....

sar104 · Oct 21, 2018

Porky said:
Looks like the Sun news paper has reported something right for the 1st time. Bet it was on page 3....

Page 3 was as real as it gets, back in the day.

Porky · Oct 21, 2018

sar104 said:
Page 3 was as real as it gets, back in the day.

Couldn’t agree with you more on that.

WithTheBirds · Oct 22, 2018

sar104 said:
Page 3 was as real as it gets, back in the day.

I’m pretty sure it wasn’t always real....

ac0j · Oct 22, 2018

sar104 said:
Despite the fine reputation of The Sun for sensationalizing, perhaps a more balanced way to look at this would be "just because it's in The Sun doesn't mean it is untrue". Obviously this is describing an actual report of a near miss made to the CAA, so the newspaper is irrelevant, other than the splendid headline.

The more you post things like this, the more it looks like whatever is in print and called news is
more believable than not in your eyes. Just an observation. Please NEVER BUY the National Enquirer, The Globe, or the Examiner. ALSO avoid ANYTHING in print from The Onion.

sar104 · Oct 22, 2018

WithTheBirds said:
I’m pretty sure it wasn’t always real....

They looked real.

sar104 · Oct 22, 2018

ac0j said:
The more you post things like this, the more it looks like whatever is in print and called news is
more believable than not in your eyes. Just an observation. Please NEVER BUY the National Enquirer, The Globe, or the Examiner. ALSO avoid ANYTHING in print from The Onion.

Unfortunately you are on the wrong end of the irony spectrum here, since the news report in question was accurate.

gnirtS · Oct 23, 2018

sar104 said:
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Again more airprox garbage.

"Drone like object". Not confirmed a drone or any sort of identification. Yet their summary its a drone. No questioning, no research, no investigation. "Drone like object" becomes "Drone".

Its like the drone at 15,500ft a few months ago. Without question their cause/risk/summary its a confirmed drone.

3,200ft is a little high as well given the general height of the land around that area.

frank candor · Oct 23, 2018

ac0j said:
The more you post things like this, the more it looks like whatever is in print and called news is
more believable than not in your eyes. Just an observation. Please NEVER BUY the National Enquirer, The Globe, or the Examiner. ALSO avoid ANYTHING in print from The Onion.

WAIT,...NOT THE ONION !!! that's where i get ALL my REAL NEWS