Airprox Board reports object passing over an A320 wing at Heathrow

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Aerial view of Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport, where an object was reported passing over an A320's wing in 2014 Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

An A320 crew on short final to Heathrow reported a small black object pass about 20 feet over the wing at 700 feet. The UK Airprox Board judged it a suspected radio-controlled model helicopter and rated the risk Category A, its highest; the operator was never traced.

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  1. OfficialAirprox Report No 2014117 (opens in a new tab)UK Airprox Board / 2014
  2. OfficialIndividual Airprox reports in 2014 (index and website catalogue) (opens in a new tab)UK Airprox Board

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