An EasyJet plane, which was at 16,000 feet, had a near-drone collision while flying from Gatwick to Rhodes.

According to the Sun, the incident happened on July 5, 2022, at 8:55 a.m. The Airbus A320, with 180 passengers, was over the Kent coast at 16,000 feet when the pilots noticed something unusual. In particular, they saw a black and cylindrical device heading towards them, the aircraft flying at a speed of 400 miles per hour, 20 miles west of Dover.

One pilot heard a thump and feared the drone had hit the aircraft. In particular, the drone flew from the bottom of the cabin. However, as an inspection of the exterior of the cabin showed, when it landed in Greece, there was no collision after all.

However, the presence of unmanned aircraft at such a height is strange and impressive. The maximum allowable height that a drone can fly is 400 feet. This means that the particular drone flew 40 times higher than the permitted limit.

The plane’s captain told air traffic controllers: “We almost hit a drone. We are talking about less than three meters. We don’t think we hit it, there was a little noise, we’ll be back.”

“I can confirm that we did not hit the drone”, said the captain. “The noise that the first officer heard was probably from inside the aircraft’s cabin,” he added after examining the aircraft.

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