Finnair E190 at Hamburg on Sep 19th 2015, near collision with drone on final approach
Last Update: September 21, 2015 / 11:30:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 19, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Near collision
Airline
Finnair
Flight number
AY-855
Departure
Helsinki, Finland
Destination
Hamburg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
OH-LKP
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
On Sep 21st 2015 Hamburg's police reported the drone was flying at an altitude of about 250 meters AGL (800 feet AGL) in the area of Moorreye about 2.5nm from the runway threshold and passed the Embraer at about 30 meters horizontal distance, a search for the operator of the drone was immediately initiated but remained without success so far. Criminal Police is continuing the investigation for endangering aviation. The Police annotated, that within 1500 meters of the two Hamburg airports operation of drones is generally prohibited, outside that area operation of drones above 50 meters AGL is prohibited.
The occurrence aircraft departed for its return flight AY-856 on schedule.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 19, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Near collision
Airline
Finnair
Flight number
AY-855
Departure
Helsinki, Finland
Destination
Hamburg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
OH-LKP
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
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