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Aaron Kessler

Washington, D.C.

Data Journalist at Associated Press

Longtime data and investigative journalist, currently @AP DC bureau;; Past: @CNN, @nytimes, @bloomberg, @IRE_NICAR board; Fan of #rstats, #scrum, #F1

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  • 1 month ago | kunc.org | Aaron Kessler |Michael Biesecker

    A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco's international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late "to take evasive action," the pilots reported, and the quadcopter passed by their windshield, not 300 feet away. A month earlier, a jetliner was flying at an altitude of 4,000 feet near Miami's international airport when its pilots reported a "close encounter" with a drone.

  • 2 months ago | telegraphherald.com | Aaron Kessler |Michael Biesecker

    WASHINGTON — A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco’s international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late “to take evasive action,” the pilots reported, and the quadcopter passed by their windshield, not 300 feet away. The incidents were all classified as “near midair collisions” — any one of which could have had catastrophic consequences, according to aviation safety experts.

  • 2 months ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Aaron Kessler |Michael Biesecker

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco’s international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late “to take evasive action,” the pilots reported, and the quadcopter passed by their windshield, not 300 feet away. A month earlier, a jetliner was flying at an altitude of 4,000 feet near Miami’s international airport when its pilots reported a “close encounter” with a drone.

  • 2 months ago | djc.com | Aaron Kessler |Michael Biesecker

    Subscriber content preview Drones pose increasing risk to airliners near major US airportsReports of near misses involving drones have spiked in recent years. By AARON KESSLER and MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON — A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco's international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window.

  • 2 months ago | norfolkdailynews.com | Aaron Kessler |Michael Biesecker

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco’s international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late “to take evasive action,” the pilots reported, and the quadcopter passed by their windshield, not 300 feet away. A month earlier, a jetliner was flying at an altitude of 4,000 feet near Miami’s international airport when its pilots reported a “close encounter” with a drone.

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