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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

German drone nearly hits 100-passenger Airbus jet


Nine years ago a German drone nearly collided with a passenger plane over Afghanistan.

The classified drone camera footage drew public attention after the German defense ministry scrapped a drone program for its lack of anti-collision technology.

Footage taken by an EMT Luna X-2000 reconnaissance drone as it passed mere meters under the left wing of an Airbus A300 passenger plane surfaced on YouTube several years ago.

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