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A private jet was a split second from hitting a drone which was being flown
at more than 17 times the legal height, a report has revealed.
一份报告显示，一架无人飞机飞行高度超标17倍，差点撞上一架载人的私人飞机。
The 13 million pounds luxury Embraer Legacy 500 jet was flying at 280mph
when it came within just 50ft of the potentially catastrophic collision.
险些被撞的这架巴西莱格赛500喷气式私人飞机价值1300万英镑。当时，该飞机正以280英里的时速飞行，在相距50英尺(约15米)的地方，差点被无人机撞上。
The close call happened 7,000ft over the skies of Surrey, near
Weybridge.
此次险情发生在英国萨里郡韦布里奇7000英尺(约2333米)的高空。
The nine-seater jet was coming in to land at Heathrow after a flight from
Bristol. It is not known who was on the jet at the time.
这架9人座飞机当时正从布里斯托尔飞往希思罗机场。目前尚不清楚当时飞机上坐的是谁。
The UK Airprox Board which investigates near misses rated it as the most
serious Category A incident where there was a serious risk of collision.
英国Airprox董事会调查了此次近距离撞击险情，认为这是最严重的一起潜在撞机事件。
A report by the board said the incident happened at 9.31am on June 27 this
year when the jet was around 12 minutes from Heathrow,
该委员会的一份报告称，事故发生在今年6月27日上午9点31分，当时飞机距离希思罗机场还差12分钟里程。
It said the co-pilot ’saw an object pass the aircraft on the right which he
believed to be a drone’.
在这次事故报告中，私人飞机上的副驾驶员表示，当时他看到一个物体飞过机身右侧，并认定是无人机。
The captain immediately notified Heathrow air traffic controllers, but it
is believed that the operator of the drone was never found.
机长立即通知希思罗机场空中交通管制员，但据称无人机的操作员现在也没找到。
The report found that the drone was being flown far above visual line of
sight limits which normally restrict the gadgets to a height of 400ft.
报告称，无人机的飞行高度一般限制在400英尺以下，而这架无人机的飞行高度远高于此，且已超出视线范围 。 |
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发表于 2018-11-17 13:03:02