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Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
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Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told MPs the incident was no longer thought to have involved a drone.
A police investigation was launched after the pilot of a BA flight from Geneva on 17 April reported an object had struck the front of the aircraft.
It was thought to be the first drone collision with an aircraft in the UK.
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But it all gets self-referential later on in the article:-
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Drone incidents at UK airports
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17 April 2016 - A British Airways plane approaching Heathrow is believed to have hit a drone while in midair
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36159117
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Drone unlikely to have hit BA plane near Heathrow, government says
...
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told MPs the incident was no longer thought to have involved a drone.
A police investigation was launched after the pilot of a BA flight from Geneva on 17 April reported an object had struck the front of the aircraft.
It was thought to be the first drone collision with an aircraft in the UK.
...
"
But it all gets self-referential later on in the article:-
"
Drone incidents at UK airports
...
17 April 2016 - A British Airways plane approaching Heathrow is believed to have hit a drone while in midair
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