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US Airways Express near miss with drone

"A US Airways commuter flight nearly collided with a drone in March near the airport in Tallahassee, Fla., according to a Federal Aviation Administration official. A US Airways commuter flight nearly collided with a drone in March near the airport in Tallahassee, Fla., according to a Federal Aviation Administration official.

Jim Williams, head of the FAA's unmanned aircraft office, told a conference that the pilot of a regional US Airways flight saw a camouflage-painted drone fly so close to the airliner that "he was sure he had collided with it." "

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2014/05/09/wsj-airline-flight-had-close-call-with-drone-in-march/8904829/
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