Virgin Atlantic flight carrying 455 passengers nearly hit by a drone just a minute after Gatwick take off
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dailystar.co.ukDive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherA Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet carrying 455 passengers was just moments from disaster following near miss with a drone, according to reports.The close call happened just one minute after the huge Boeing 747 took off from Gatwick Airport in Sussex.The flight is understood to have been taking holidaymakers to sunny Orlando, Florida earlier this year, according to The Sun.The plane was soaring at 180mph and at a height of 400ft when a shocked flight attendant spotted the drone through a window just after 1.20pm on March 14 this year.And the steward, a former drone operator, guessed that the drone was just 300ft below the plane and around 3330ft away horizontally.The.
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