The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has ended an investigation into a possible collision between an aircraft and drone near Parafield Airport in Adelaide after concluding the incident involved a flying fox.
The incident took place on July 11, when a single-engine Socata Tobago TB-10 VH-YTG was on final approach to runway 03L at Parafield Airport at about 1830 Central Standard Time and suffered minor damage to the right wing.
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It’s about time that ALL flying Foxes were banned from operations in or near GAAP Airfields. There is no knowing where all this could end. Next thing is we could find Flying Foxhounds dog-fighting with the foxes in controlled airspace! CASA should act NOW before there is a serious incident involving a Jumbo Jet. I will write to my local member about this!
Zarg
says:It’s about time that ALL flying Foxes were banned from operations in or near GAAP Airfields. There is no knowing where all this could end. Next thing is we could find Flying Foxhounds dog-fighting with the foxes in controlled airspace! CASA should act NOW before there is a serious incident involving a Jumbo Jet. I will write to my local member about this!