British Airways Flight was hit by an object that suspected to be a drone.

British Airways Flight was hit by an object that suspected to be a drone.

18 April 2016 โ€“ย On Sunday, the British Airways flight inbound from Geneva, carrying 132 passengers and five crew members onboard, was hit while approach to land at Heathrow Airport, London at 12:50 BST.

So far, this incident believed to be occurred for the very first time ever in Uk.

After the safe land, the pilot reported โ€“ an object, suspected to be a drone, which had struck the front of the Airbus A320, while on the process of landing.

However, A Civil Aviation Authorityโ€™ spokesperson is skeptical about drone striking on the aircraft and is reluctant to endorse this statement.

Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Policeโ€™s aviation security team located at Heathrow, all set to lead the investigation further.

As per British Airways spokesperson: โ€œOur A320 apparently made safe land, and it was taken under complete inspection by our engineering team, thereafter it was cleared to operate its next flights.โ€

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