British Airways Airbus believed struck drone on final into Heathrow

LONDON – A British Airways plane struck an object believed to be a drone on Sunday as it was coming in for landing at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, police said. An investigation had been launched into the incident, which follows a string of near misses involving drones. The plane, an Airbus A320 with 132 passengers and five crew members on board, was on its final descent into Heathrow's Terminal Five when it was struck. "A pilot on an inbound flight into Heathrow Airport from Geneva reported to police that he believed a drone had struck the aircraft," a spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police said. "The flight landed at Heathrow Terminal Five safely. It transpired that an object, believed to be a drone, had struck the front of the aircraft".