UK
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Close call: Passenger plane & drone narrowly avoid collision over UK school
A passenger plane and a drone almost collided last year 500 feet (152 meters) above a school in Birmingham, a newly released report said, revealing...
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Passenger Plane Nearly Collides With Drone Over Public School
(RELATED: Drone Delivery: Amazon Chose UK Over US Because Of Fewer Regulations) The drone was estimated to be operated around 500 feet above the...
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Understanding UK Drone Laws
With the masses flocking to get their hands on some form of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), or simply drone, it is of...
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Birmingham Live: Facebook grooming gang jailed, plane in drone near miss, latest news and travel updates
An airliner was involved in a near miss with a drone just 500ft above a primary school, an official report has revealed. The DH8 turboprop aircraft...
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Chao at Transportation can bring much-needed change on drone policy
Not in America, though; in Rwanda. Another American company, Amazon, just completed its first drone delivery… in the UK. ADVERTISEMENT The fault...
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National Audit Office: UK's military is buying more than it can afford
Over the next ten years the Equipment Procurement Plan commits the UK to spending £82bn on buying new ships ... the MoD is still spending about...
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REVEALED: Drones accounted for nearly HALF of near misses during summer
Hundreds of passengers' lives were put at risk by what the UK Airprox Board' described as situations "where a collision had only been narrowly...
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Trig’s new UAS product and new partnership, setting the standard for ADS-B
Trig Avionics has also announced a partnership with the UK’s leading UAS autopilot designer and control system integrator Callen-Lenz. Adrian Eves,...
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Prison assaults and suicides are at a record high reveals government
She said: “Violence, self-harm and deaths in our prisons are too high. I have taken immediate action to stabilise the estate by tackling the drugs,...
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Fish and chip chain is named best in the country at national awards
Award co-sponsor George Clark, UK Commercial Manager at MSC ... attacked her previous partner as part of a volatile love triangle, a court...
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Chao at Transportation can bring much-needed change on drone policy
Not in America, though; in Rwanda. Another American company, Amazon, just completed its first drone delivery… in the UK. ADVERTISEMENT The fault...
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Passenger aeroplane was involved in a near-miss with a drone just 500 feet above a primary school
The DH8 turboprop aircraft, which holds up to 78 passengers, was on its final approach into Birmingham Airport when the pilot spotted the drone in...
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There were 13 near misses involving drones at London airports last year
But new figures show that there were 13 near misses involving drones at London airports last year alone. According to a report by the UK Airprox...
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Drone in 'near miss' over Birmingham Airport
The DH8 was 150m (500ft) over the school near Birmingham Airport last September when the pilot saw the drone about 500m (1,640ft) away. Despite the...
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Birmingham Airport-bound plane in drone near miss above primary school
An airliner had a near miss with a drone just 500ft above a primary school as it came into land at Birmingham Airport. The DH8 turboprop aircraft...
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Passenger plane in near miss with a drone when just 500ft above a primary school when coming in to land at Birmingham Airport
A PLANE was in a near miss with a drone 500ft above a primary school, an official report has revealed. The passenger plane was coming in to land at...
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Drones could provide ‘super-fast’ delivery service to rural areas
“There’s been a lot of development of drones in the UK. It’s good for consumers to be able to get products quickly and in rural areas, it’s...
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Airliner narrowly avoids drone hovering above primary school, as drone near-miss incidents triple
The DH8 turboprop aircraft was on its final approach into Birmingham Airport on 7 September 2016 when the pilot spotted the device, the UK Airprox...
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Dartmoor Prison inmate 'dialled a drone delivery', court told
A DARTMOOR prisoner arranged for a drone to fly a mobile phone SIM card to his cell window at night, a court heard. Violent convict Joshua Lodge,...
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Plane Has Near Miss With Drone Coming Into Birmingham Airport
The DH8 turboprop aircraft was on its final approach into Birmingham Airport when the pilot spotted the device, the UK Airprox Board (UKAB) said....