Drone Hits Landing British Airways A320 At Heathrow Airport


At approximately 12:50hrs, on Sunday, 17 April, a pilot on an inbound flight into Heathrow Airport from Geneva reported to police that he believed a drone had struck the aircraft.

The flight landed at Heathrow Terminal 5 safely.

A British Airways spokesperson said the Airbus A320 was examined by engineers who said no major damage was done.

He said: "Our aircraft landed safely, was fully examined by our engineers and it was cleared to operate its next flight.

There have been six near misses at Heathrow in the last two months alone, according to Hounslow Police.

This is believed to be the first time a suspected drone has struck a passenger plane.

Drone crashes into British Airways passenger jet as it comes in to land at Heathrow Airport