The true number of Drone near Misses in the UK

I thought it was time to provide an Airprox update. Many will have seen the news over the last couple months with Drone Near Misses over the Houses of Parliament and calls for action from BALPA (the British Airline Pilots Association). Using publicly available data from the UK Airprox board we have been analysing incident reports since 2014 (just out of pure interest) so this blog provides the results of this filter and gives some real facts about Drone near misses to date.

Number of 2014 Drone related Airprox Reports

7 Number of 2015 Drone related Airprox Reports

29 Number of Drone related Airprox Reports caused by Hampshire Aerial Photos

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It's important to note that the last Airprox board convened on 27th January 2015 and this covered reports up to October 2015, so more reports may come out in the next couple of months for 2015.

If you’re interested in reading them check out the individual reports below, 2014 reports are as follows:

1. 2014073 30/5/14 Southend

2. 2014117 22/7/14 Heathrow

3. 2014118 24/7/14 Cornwall

4. 2014194 30/9/14 Rackheath

5. 2014198 2/10/14 Rushup Edge

6. 2014233 15/12/14 Leeds

2015 reports are as follows:

1. 2015017 21/2/15 Brimpton

2. 2015024 15/3/15 Heathrow

3. 2015046 11/4/15 Kenley

4. 2015049 19/4/15 London City