Investigators can’t identify object that caused Porter plane’s evasive moves
TORONTO — Federal transportation investigators say they are unable to identify an airborne object that caused a Toronto-bound plane to take evasive manoeuvres that left two flight attendants with minor injuries.
A Porter Airlines flight en route from Ottawa to Toronto on Nov. 14 narrowly avoided a mid-flight collision above Lake Ontario with what flight crew said may have been a drone.
The Transportation Safety Board says it has now closed its investigation into the incident, saying that the object doesn’t appear to have been a drone.
“The description and size of the object does not match any known commercial or consumer available unmanned aerial vehicle,” TSB spokeswoman Karine Eyamie said Wednesday. “The incident will remain identified as a near collision with an unidentified airborne object.”