Near misses between drones and airplanes on the rise in US, says FAA

Reported sightings of unmanned aircrafts by piloted aircrafts have increased dramatically since 2014, with serious close shaves in Atlanta and Missouri

A report of drone sightings from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that despite a new registration scheme, near misses between unmanned and piloted aircraft in the US are on the rise. Sightings by pilots and airport officials have steadily increased from less than one a day in 2014 to more than 3.5 between August 2015 and January of this year, many of them from commercial passenger aircraft.

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