The US brings in a test (or was it just DJI ?), so the UK follows.
Listed is one incident, well documented in the news and on forums, here on Mavic Pilots included . . . the rest ?
99 this year (so far), 62 last year, and 29 in 2015, roughly looking at perhaps double each year ?
How much has drone ownership increased ?
Yes, that is still a concern, but how many of these drone near misses are real or imagined ?
There have been plenty of arguments either way about just how much a pilot can actually see and identify a drone flying under flight conditions, speed of plane, size of drone, background camouflage of drone to ground, cockpit activity (rarely look out windows !), it brings to mind this posted pic put up here by another member recently . . .
I honestly think geofencing like DJI does here in Australia would stop most of the issues near airports, can't even start motors near the main controlled airspaces here ( I just had to test how efficient the system was).
Also the apps with NFZs etc are brilliant, I always check before even planning a flight or heading to a site.