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VIDEO: Virgin Blue aircraft has near-miss with remote-controlled toy plane

Stuart Clarke
 on April 21, 2009 2:42 PM | | Comments () | TrackBacks (0) |
A remote-controlled toy aircraft got a little too close for comfort with the real thing last Friday, as it flew close to a Virgin Blue aircraft near Perth airport.

The toy airplane, which if ingested would have presumably caused engine damage, had a video camera attached to the nose, meaning the whole remarkable incident was filmed and placed on YouTube, with Top Gun accompaniment.

For reference, look at 36 seconds in for the incident to occur:

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