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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
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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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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency