scare 1700m. A drone is a Lufthansa Airbus on approach to the Munich Airport came dangerously close. In only about ten feet away, the pilot of the occupied with more than 110 people airliner noticed on Thursday night suddenly the aircraft.
The incident occurred at about 1700 meters above the town of Schwabhausen bei Dachau, as police said , The Airbus A321 came after details of a Lufthansa spokesman in Frankfurt am Main, on board were 108 passengers and 6 crew members have been.
“exceedingly dangerous”
Equipped with four rotors drone was only about ten yards was walking next to the right wing tip of Airbus, said the police headquarters upper Bavaria North. According to the pilot the drone had a diameter of about 50 centimeters. In the event of a collision, the safety of the passengers would have been seriously endangered, the police said, citing the Airbus crew. Approaching aircraft of any kind was “not only extremely dangerous but also forbidden”.
Who is responsible for the flight of the drone, was also on Saturday, according to police still unclear. now officials hope to possible witnesses who may have observed the drone handlebar of the crime on Thursday night: “We hope that someone has noticed anything in the area,” a police spokesman said. On the unknowns wait investigation for dangerous interference with aviation.
“A drone has nothing to look for,” said Lufthansa spokesman Michael Lamberty on Saturday. It is true that the investigators went about the incident from Thursday evening now.
No more than 100 meters
threats can put an engine in the worst case on fire, according to experts. “Drones are more dangerous than birds,” Axel Raab told the head of the press office of the German Air Traffic Control. A drone is made of plastic and metal and can therefore cause may more damage in the engine. “The aircraft can indeed continue to fly with one engine, but it has not in vain two engines. This is safe in any case. “
Even in Germany use more and more people, the small, ever-cheapening drones. However, a drone pilot must be aircraft at any time can see without aids – without binoculars or night vision systems. The maximum altitude must not exceed 100 meters. Manned aircraft has a drone pilot always avoid
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