A plane descending to land at Gatwick Airport was at “high risk” of colliding with a drone when it flew just 40ft away from the aircraft in a suspected “deliberate obstruction”.
Flight controllers at Gatwick went on to suspend aircraft movements after the pilot of a A321 aircraft less than 500ft on its approach to Gatwick spotted and announced a drone at a very short distance away.
Crew working at the time of the incident on February 26 at 4.40pm thought the “large” drone was being flown as a "deliberate obstruction".
