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		</div><p>An airliner carrying up to 186 passengers was forced to take avoiding action after a drone was spotted, a near-miss report has revealed.</p>
<p>The incident involved an Airbus A320 aircraft approaching Gatwick Airport and a dark coloured drone, the UK Airprox Board (UKAB) said.</p>
<p>The pilot was flying at 1,700ft towards the West Sussex airport when he saw the device.</p>
<p>He carried out a banking turn to the right of up to eight degrees, resulting in the plane being level with the drone but having 80-100ft horizontal separation.</p>
<p>The UKAB said the drone was being flown above the maximum permitted height of 400ft and within controlled airspace.</p>
<p>It concluded the near-miss on April 28 was in the highest category of risk.</p>
<p>The airline involved was not identified in the report, although easyJet and British Airways are among the carriers that operate A320 aircraft to and from Gatwick.</p>
<p>Three other category A incidents involving drones were discussed by the UKAB at its latest monthly meeting.</p>
<p>The pilot of a Boeing 747 was approaching Heathrow Airport on June 6 when he saw a yellow and orange quadcopter pass down the left side of the plane.</p>
<p>He reported the near-miss to air traffic control and a police officer took a statement after landing.</p>
<p>An Airbus A319 was at an altitude of 6,500ft and flying towards Gatwick on May 25 when the captain saw a drone that was “metallic looking and reflecting light”.</p>
<p>It passed down the right-hand side of the aircraft and was “very close to the right wing”, the report said.</p>
<p>The pilot of a Cessna 152 light aircraft was flying above Chelmsford, Essex, on June 2 when he spotted a large black drone with flashing lights, about one metre in diameter.</p>
<p>The device passed within five metres of the right wing and there was “no time to manoeuvre away from it”, the UKAB said.</p>
<p>There were 125 near-misses involving drones reported in 2018, up 34% on the total of 93 during the previous year.</p>
<p>Just six incidents were recorded in 2014.</p>
<p>The Civil Aviation Authority’s code of conduct, the Dronecode, sets out rules for drone users, including staying below 400ft and flying at least 50m (164ft) away from buildings and people.</p>
<p>In March, the drone no-fly zone around airports was extended to protect aircraft.</p>
<p>New legislation came into force banning the gadgets from being flown within 3.1 miles of airports.</p>
<p>Previously, only a 0.6-mile zone was in place.</p>
<p>Drone sightings at Gatwick Airport in December 2018 caused around 1,000 flights to be cancelled or diverted over 36 hours, affecting more than 140,000 passengers in the run-up to Christmas.</p>
<p>Heathrow, Leeds Bradford and Dublin airports have also been forced to suspend flights due to drone activity this year.</p>
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