A drone struck a nine-passenger Beech King Air 100 operated by charter carrier Skyjet as it descended to land at Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec City in what Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau says was the first event of its kind in Canada.
The King Air sustained minor damage from the strike on Oct. 12, and no one was injured, Transport Canada (TC) said in a statement issued Sunday. The crew landed the airplane safely shortly after the strike. The King Air had been carrying eight passengers to Quebec City from Rouyn-Norada, Quebec.
Garneau told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that the collision “should not have happened. That drone should not have been there.”
He estimated that the drone was operating at about 450 m (1,476 ft) and about 3 nm (4.8 km) from the airport. Canadian …
