FAA-Funded Drone Collision Study Could Widen

Credit: ASSURE
Colliding with a drone on approach is unlikely to bring down a commercial airliner, but it could cause more damage than a birdstrike of equivalent size and speed, concludes a study conducted for the FAA. The stiff structures and concentrated masses of batteries, cameras and motors in small unmanned...

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