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Home Panorama Party balloons endanger private Cessna jet in near miss over London [28-01-2018 05:50 AM] Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - British investigators say a bundle of large party balloons almost caused a collision with a business jet shortly after take-off from London City Airport. Britain’s airport safety investigators known as Airprox said on Saturday that good fortune helped the October 6 incident from turning into a disaster. The Cessna private jet was climbing toward cruising altitude when one of the pilots spotted about 20 black and yellow balloons and shouted “watch out.” Officials say the jet’s auto-pilot was disconnected and the crew maneuvered it to miss the large balloons. It was one of 15 near misses evaluated by the safety board at its monthly meeting. *AP

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Party balloons endanger private Cessna jet in near miss over London

[28-01-2018 05:50 AM]

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - British investigators say a bundle of large party balloons almost caused a collision with a business jet shortly after take-off from London City Airport.

Britain’s airport safety investigators known as Airprox said on Saturday that good fortune helped the October 6 incident from turning into a disaster.

The Cessna private jet was climbing toward cruising altitude when one of the pilots spotted about 20 black and yellow balloons and shouted “watch out.”

Officials say the jet’s auto-pilot was disconnected and the crew maneuvered it to miss the large balloons.

It was one of 15 near misses evaluated by the safety board at its monthly meeting.

*AP

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