WORST RECENT DRONE NEAR-MISSES

1 264 passengers: A Virgin Atlantic B787-9 Dreamliner missed two drones – one by 90ft and the other by 180ft while flying at 14,000 ft over Brentwood, Essex. February 14, 2019 2 264 passengers: A Virgin Atlantic B787-9 Dreamliner flying from Delhi was 10ft from smashing into a drone at around 250mph at 3,200ft just north of Clapham Common on its approach to Heathrow. June 25, 2018 3 235 passengers: A drone being flown at 15,500ft – nearly 40 times the legal maximum – came within 100ft of hitting an Airbus A321 at 380mph over South Yorkshire, the highest ever near-miss with a drone. June 3, 2018 4 140-180 passengers: An Aer Lingus pilot veered his Airbus A320 to avoid a drone by 80ft -100ft while at a height of 1,700ft just before landing at Gatwick. April 28, 2019 5 140-180 passengers: An Airbus A320 was within 20ft of a drone at 260mph at 3,000ft over Lingfield, West Sussex, just after leaving Gatwick. May 19, 2019 6 140-180 passengers: An easyjet Airbus A320 missed a drone by 65ft just seconds before landing at Gatwick. July 8, 2019 7 124-156 passengers: An Airbus A319 jet came within 20ft of hitting a drone while flying at 4,800ft over Perivale, West London. January 17, 2018 8 124-156 passengers: An Airbus A319 flying at 2,500ft above Heathrow missed “a large drone” by 33ft. May 28, 2019 9 124-156 passengers: An Airbus A319 missed a drone by 82ft while flying at 11,000ft near Maldon, Essex. August 18, 2019 10 144 passengers: A BA A319 flying at 220mph came within 30ft of a drone in what the pilot described as a “spectacular” nearmiss at 3,000ft while landing at Manchester airport. February 11, 2019 11 3 passengers: The pilot of a BE76 light aircraft reported being “very frightened” after missing a drone by 25ft at a height of 2,200ft near Reading, Berkshire. May 1, 2019