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A passenger jet had a near miss with a drone in the skies over Kent, a report has revealed. The British Airways Airbus A321, which is capable of carrying in the region of 200 people, was flying at 9,600ft south of Sevenoaks – understood to have been en route to London Heathrow from Greece – when pilots spotted the drone. According to information published by the UK Airprox Board, which investigates cases involving risk of airborne collision, the incident just before 4.30pm on January 3 saw the rogue craft pass within just five feet of the airliner. One of the pilots at the controls of the A321…