Canada’s Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a York regional police drone collided with an airplane approaching Buttonville Airport in Markham earlier this month.
Police confirmed to CityNews they had deployed a Remote Piloted Vehicle (RPV), known more commonly as a drone, as part of an investigation near the airport on August 10.
While it was being operated, the drone collided with a Cessna 172 operated by Canadian Flyers International that was attempting to land. There was an instructor and student pilot on board.