The drone that struck the passenger plane last week was following the 3.5-mile restriction, but was flying much higher than legally allowed, hovering some 450 meters (1,500 feet) above the ground.

The most obvious way that a drone can take down a plane is if it gets ingested in its engine. Even though the most powerful jet engines output hundreds of thousands of pounds of thrust, these are ...

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FBI images show the damage done to a Canadian Super Scooper plane that was hit by a drone while battling the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2025.

Where the GHO weighed about 400 lb (180 kg), the XRQ-73 is a Group 3 drone, which means it will have a weight of up to 1,250 lb (567 kg) and a top speed of 250 kn (287 mph, 463 km/h).