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Toy drones pose greater risk to planes than birds do, study says

Drones are made of solid plastics, batteries and metal, which cause greater damage in a collision compared to bird flesh.

By Alan Levin, Bloomberg | Updated on November 19, 2015
A head-­on drone strike into the inlet of a turbine engine on a commercial airliner on approach or departure would cause severe damage to the engine and potentially a catastrophic failure. (Photo: Thinkstock)

(Bloomberg) — Even small toy drones can pose a significant hazard to traditional planes and helicopters in a collision, a Texas engineering company has concluded.

Drones will “most certainly” cause more damage to aircraft than birds, which have caused airliners to crash, according to the study by Aero Kinetics Aviation LLC of Fort Worth, Texas. Drones are made of solid plastics, batteries and metal, which cause greater damage in a collision compared to bird flesh, the study found.

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