Getting caught cheating isn’t good for ANYONE.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/drone-hits-commercial-aircraft-in-quebec-garneau-1.3633035
http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/drone-hits-commercial-aircraft-in-quebec-garneau-1.3633035
Really appreciate it tho when he said "most of the drone pilots are aware of the rules and stick with them" (or something like that) bet the guy who caused that is crapping it on here now.
Very little information in any report for this one.Getting caught cheating isn’t good for ANYONE
Very little information in any report for this one.
It was at either 1500 ft or 2400 ft and no report has any info explaining how they know it was a drone or the nature of the minor damage sustained.
Beechcraft A100 King Air C-GJBV Incident, 12 Oct 2017
SkyJet flight #SJ512 was struck by a drone, first time a commercial aircraft was hit by a drone in Canada - RadarBox24.com News
All the reports (and I looked at many) quote the same release from the transport minister.there does seem to be a certain amount of credibility considering comments and written reports were issued by the Transport Minister, and that it was reported by an “as reputable as we have” national news agency in CTV.
Regrettably, the bottom line usually becomes that to the general public and majority of the uninformed... it probably happened.
All the reports (and I looked at many) quote the same release from the transport minister.
I found one report gave a different altitude but none giving any additional details.
None give any info at all about the nature of the damage or any indication of why it was claimed that whatever the plane hit was a drone.
Planes hit things all the time, usually birds, sometimes bats and very rarely, drones.
This might have been a drone ... but it would be good to have some actual info to show we aren't just taking the word of someone that thinks it might have been a drone.
It's very sloppy journalism to give the story without any actual information.
Here's a thread about the outcome of an investigation into a widely reported incident where the pilot believed he'd hit a drone in Australia.
Possible Drone Strike - investigation outcome
All the reports (and I looked at many) quote the same release from the transport minister.
I found one report gave a different altitude but none giving any additional details.
None give any info at all about the nature of the damage or any indication of why it was claimed that whatever the plane hit was a drone.
Planes hit things all the time, usually birds, sometimes bats and very rarely, drones.
This might have been a drone ... but it would be good to have some actual info to show we aren't just taking the word of someone that thinks it might have been a drone.
It's very sloppy journalism to give the story without any actual information.
Here's a thread about the outcome of an investigation into a widely reported incident where the pilot believed he'd hit a drone in Australia.
Possible Drone Strike - investigation outcome
90m.What's the height limit in Canada?
I'll believe it was a drone when I see any sort of proof. Not a second before.Very little information in any report for this one.
It was at either 1500 ft or 2400 ft and no report has any info explaining how they know it was a drone or the nature of the minor damage sustained.
Beechcraft A100 King Air C-GJBV Incident, 12 Oct 2017
SkyJet flight #SJ512 was struck by a drone, first time a commercial aircraft was hit by a drone in Canada - RadarBox24.com News
I doubt it would help much. If you have a dash cam, you know that it can be very difficult to make out details of anything more than a few feet away, especially if you aren't moving in the same direction.It won't be long now till its mandatory for all planes to have a camera at on the nose of the plane and the tail of the plane to record footage. It would make sense to be honest as they can recheck the footage and work out what it was
Long term, I think it is probably a better solution to require drones to use a transponder system for all flights above a certain height and to require all aircraft to have the ability to detect the signal.
I'll believe it was a drone when I see any sort of proof. Not a second before.
What's the height limit in Canada?
I don't know that contact is required. It could be as simple as notifying the aircraft which can likely out fly any drone given sufficient warning. Alternatively, a reverse ping from the aircraft could freeze the drone for 10-15 seconds to allow the aircraft more time to react.Interesting concept and one that I don’t recall having been mentioned yet, but even that might not be effective.
Once detected, there’d need to be an efficient way to contact the drone operator and that’s just not feasible. A lot of us fly with cell service off to avoid interference, and realistically, anyone within danger of a low flying aircraft (take-off, landing) probably shouldn’t be there and if they are, they are likely doing so intentionally and without regard for the rules. There’s no stopping that.