Close encounters of the drone kind: near-collisions with UAVs increasing

Pilots' run-ins with amateurs flying drones near sensitive sites or manned aircraft has become a serious problem in recent years, according to Bard report

Close encounters of the drone kind are becoming more frequent according to a Bard College study that uncovered some 90 "incidents" with commercial jets in the last two years alone, and hundreds more with other manned aircraft.

Amateurs flying drones near sensitive sites or manned aircraft has become a serious problem in recent years - Bard's Center for the Study of the Drone said pilots had often come within 50ft of the offending flyers, and had sometimes had to bank to avoid running into them.