Lufthansa A321 near Munich on Aug 4th 2016, near collision with drone
Last Update: August 6, 2016 / 14:37:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 4, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Near collision
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-116
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIRY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
Germany's police reported a very dangerous conflict with a drone. Police is looking for the drone operator and requests witnesses to report their observations to Dachau's police station (phone: 08131/5610).
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 4, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Near collision
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-116
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIRY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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