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FAA opens investigation about under-separation between UAV aircraft and an Alitalia airplane in New York

New York, USA - The drone hovered just 61 metres away from the airplane

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) of the United States started an investigation over the under-separation between a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, a remote-controlled aircraft) which, in the afternoon of Monday 4 March 2013 hovered at roughly 200 feet (61 metres) from an Alitalia airplane which was approaching New York's "JFK" Airport at an altitude...

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Rome, Italy, 03/05/2013 17:42
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