Government vows to tighten rules on drones after Heathrow incident

Labour and pilots have called for action including a possible register and 'geo-fencing' following collision with BA plane

Moves to tighten rules on drones have been promised by the government after the Labour party and pilots' unions called for urgent action, including a possible register of drone users and "geo-fencing" of airports, after a British Airways plane was struck on its descent into Heathrow.

Sunday's incident is believed to be the first such collision between a passenger plane and a drone, after a series of near misses that led pilots to warn that a strike could be disastrous. The Air Accidents Investigations Branch said it would launch an inquiry.