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		</div><p>Details have emerged of another near miss involving a drone and an airliner in England, as the British Government announced an incident initially believed to be the first collision of its kind probably did not involve a drone.</p>
<p>The co-pilot of an Airbus A320 reported that a drone with a flashing red light passed around 100-150ft beneath the plane shortly after take-off from Heathrow.</p>
<p>A report published by the UK Airprox Board put the incident, which occurred on February 14, in the most serious risk category.</p>
<p>Officials concluded that separation &#8220;had been reduced to the bare minimum&#8221; and &#8220;chance had played a major part&#8221; in the objects not colliding.</p>
<p>The flight crew stated that there was &#8220;no time to react&#8221; to the drone, which was black and around two-to-three feet wide.</p>
<p>In a separate incident on April 17 the pilot of a British Airways (BA) flight reported a suspected collision with a drone as it approached Heathrow.</p>
<p>But the UK&#8217;s Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told MPs there on Thursday that it is now believed this &#8220;was not a drone incident&#8221;.</p>
<p>BA said at the time that the Airbus A320 landed safely and was examined by engineers before being cleared to take off on its next flight.</p>
<p>An investigation launched by the UK&#8217;s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has been closed due to lack of evidence.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the AAIB said: &#8220;We made initial inquiries but there was insufficient information on what object was involved for us to take it further.&#8221;</p>
<p>Following the incident police appealed for anyone with relevant information to come forward.</p>
<p>Officers searched a &#8220;wide area&#8221; in Richmond, south-west London, but did not find anything.</p>
<p>Britain&#8217;s Transport Minister Robert Goodwill told the Lords European Union Internal Market Sub-Committee last week that reports the airliner was hit by a drone had not been confirmed.<br />
He said: &#8220;There was no actual damage to the plane and there is indeed some speculation it may have been even a plastic bag or something.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Goodwill added: &#8220;The pilot has a lot of other things to concentrate on (when landing) so we&#8217;re not quite sure what they saw.&#8221;</p>
<p>The latest UK Airprox Board report also reveals there was a near miss between a drone and two military Tornado jets over Dunbar, East Lothian on January 21.</p>
<p>One of the pilots stated that the drone passed within 500 feet of the aircraft at an altitude of 1,000 feet. No action was required to avoid a collision.</p>
<p>Officials decided that they could not be sure the drone was being flown illegally.</p>
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