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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
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Pilots are somewhat anxious about drones at the moment so I suppose an occasional false alarm is understandable.
There have been four reported incidents in the last few months which are detailed here:
Aviation Safety Network.
A representative from
BALPA was interviewed on the TV news a few days ago and he pointed out that whilst extensive research has been carried out on bird strikes, nobody knows what effect the ingestion of a battery into a jet engine could have. However, the words pretty disastrous spring to mind.
A bit of thread drift, but this video vividly illustrates the effect on a jet engine when a Heron was ingested.