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By Zesha Saleem A British Airways flight was just a few feet away from crashing into an illegally-flown drone at a height of 9,600ft over the Kent countryside, according to a report. The flight was carrying up to 180 passengers from Athens to London Heathrow and was flying at more than 250mph when it came into close contact with the drone, just five feet away. The incident is thought to be one of the closest ever near misses between aBA jet and a drone. The incident happened on January 3 at just before 4.30pm. The Airbus A321 was moving into a holding pattern close to Sevenoaks while waiting t…

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