An unidentified glider-sized drone came dangerously close to a landing passenger plane at Warsaw Airport over the weekend. A spokesman for Polish airline Lot confirmed today to PAP news agency that the Air Accident Investigation Commission is investigating the incident.
According to the pilots, the approximately three-meter-long drone approached the landing machine on Saturday around 4:00 p.m. to within 30 meters. Due to the report by the two pilots, take-off and landing operations at Warsaw Airport were briefly interrupted.
Drone came dangerously close to two planes
The news channel TVN24 had previously reported that the drone came close to two landing machines in a row before operations were interrupted. The planes narrowly escaped disaster. The pilots of both planes said they saw the drone at an altitude of almost 2,000 feet (600 meters).
The pilot of the first machine stated that the drone had approached the aircraft from the direction of the airport. Where she came from and how she got into the airport area without being noticed by surveillance is the subject of investigations.
