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The Transportation Safety Board says it has closed an investigation into a recent near-collision between a Porter plane and what two of its crew members believed to be a drone.
Pilots on board Porter flight 204, from Ottawa to Toronto, were forced to divert the plane when they encountered an unknown object at about 9,000 feet in the air and approximately 55 km from the Billy Bishop Airport on Nov. 14. Two flight attendants who were securing the cabin for landing at the time of the diversion suffered minor injuries.
On Tuesday, the TSB said it was unable to confirm that the object seen by the Porter crew was a drone.
“We weren’t able to positively identify the object seen by the flight crew,” Chris Krepski, a spokesman for the TSB said Tuesday.
“The description and size of the object doesn’t match any known commercial or consumer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV.) And the location of the occurrence which was approximately 10 miles from the shore at 8,300 feet is beyond the reach capabilities of those types of UAVs,” Krepski said.
At the time of the incident, Porter Airlines said the pilots initially thought the object looked like a balloon but upon further review believed it to be a drone.
The TSB could reopen the investigation should new information come to light, Krepski said.
Anyone with information about this or any other air occurrence can report it to the TSB by calling 819-994-3741, toll-free 1-800-387-3557, or submitting a complaint online.
— With files from Andrew Seymour
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Pilots on board Porter flight 204, from Ottawa to Toronto, were forced to divert the plane when they encountered an unknown object at about 9,000 feet in the air and approximately 55 km from the Billy Bishop Airport on Nov. 14. Two flight attendants who were securing the cabin for landing at the time of the diversion suffered minor injuries.
On Tuesday, the TSB said it was unable to confirm that the object seen by the Porter crew was a drone.
“We weren’t able to positively identify the object seen by the flight crew,” Chris Krepski, a spokesman for the TSB said Tuesday.
“The description and size of the object doesn’t match any known commercial or consumer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV.) And the location of the occurrence which was approximately 10 miles from the shore at 8,300 feet is beyond the reach capabilities of those types of UAVs,” Krepski said.
At the time of the incident, Porter Airlines said the pilots initially thought the object looked like a balloon but upon further review believed it to be a drone.
The TSB could reopen the investigation should new information come to light, Krepski said.
Anyone with information about this or any other air occurrence can report it to the TSB by calling 819-994-3741, toll-free 1-800-387-3557, or submitting a complaint online.
— With files from Andrew Seymour
smas@postmedia.com
twitter.com/susanamas
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