A passenger jet had a near miss with not one but two drones in the UK

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We’ve heard of near misses between drones and planes before, but now a passenger jet in the UK has come close to colliding with not one but two of the unmanned aerial vehicles, although on this occasion disaster was averted.

The incident involved an Airbus A320 approaching Heathrow Airport over east London last November, although a write-up of the near miss has only just been published, as BBC News reports. The UK Airprox Board (UKAB) said the drones had “compromised the safety of the aircraft”.

According to one of the pilots there would have been a “significant risk of collision” if

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