Drone buzzes past Ottawa Airport, 2 fighter jets scrambled an hour later
A suspicious unmanned aerial vehicle near the
Canadian capital’s international airport prompted a visit by two
CF-18 fighters, local media have revealed.
The drone was spotted by the pilots of flights WestJet flight 366 and
Air Canada flight 458, both en route to
Ottawa Airport from
Toronto, on May 25. The pilots immediately contacted the airport tower.
“Just to let you know, we just flew pretty close to a drone at 6,700 feet,”
CBS News said, citing the WestJet pilots’ report to air traffic controllers. The latter ordered the flight to proceed on its route and land as scheduled.
Just minutes after the initial incident, Air Canada pilots flying an
Airbus A320 also mentioned the presence of an unidentified object in the airport’s airspace.
An hour later, two
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet...