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Drone Had 'Very Near-miss' With Plane Near London's Shard

A drone just missed hitting an A320 plane flying above the Shard skyscraper in central London in July - one of several near-misses involving passenger jets in Britain, a new report said. The plane was approaching Heathrow Airport on July 18 and flying at nearly 1,525 meters (5,000 feet) when the pilot spotted a 50-centimeter (20-inch) drone off the right flight deck window. The UK Airprox Board report says “chance played a major part” in avoiding a collision and called it a “very...

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