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I expected better from the BBC. Although they referred to it as a model helicopter in the article itself, the use of the D-word in the title makes it sound much more serious then it actually was.

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> the use of the D-word in the title makes it sound much more serious then it actually was.

I disagree. There are a number of reasons why this should alarm folks. Radio controlled aircraft flying near an airline is extremely dangerous, whether it contains weapon systems or not.

A model/rc controlled helicopter that close to an airliner is very serious, at best causing distraction to the flight crew in a critical phase of flight, at worst causing a collision with a several kg object with potentially high velocity differential and enough energy to damage the aircraft, or be ingested into an engine.

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