Officials Warn Drone Impact Could Make a Jetliner Crash

A jetliner takes off at Gatwick Airport following a forced closure due to drone sightings. (Reuters/Toby Melville)

By    |   Monday, 14 January 2019 07:16 PM EST ET

U.S. aviation authorities are warning that America’s airports are just as vulnerable to potentially deadly drone incursions as U.K. airfields.

In just the past three weeks, two major airports in London have experienced drone intrusions that forced air-traffic controllers to shut down both airfields.

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U.S. aviation authorities are warning that America's airports are just as vulnerable to potentially deadly drone incursions as U.K. airfields.In just the past three weeks, two major airports in London have experienced drone intrusions that forced air-traffic controllers to...
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