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A drone reportedly came too close to a U.S. Airways flight Wednesday, according to Federal Aviation Administration officials.
An unmanned aircraft was operating 5 miles northeast of Charlotte Douglas International Airport just before 9 a.m., FAA officials said.
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The FAA bans drones within a 5-mile radius.
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It isn't the first near miss at Charlotte Douglas. Channel 9 found FAA records show in July of last year, a regional jet approaching Charlotte was 12 miles out at 3,100 feet when the cockpit reported a black-and-white drone buzzing 100 feet below.
"You have some people who regardless of what rules are out there, they're going to do what they want to do," Terrice McClain, a drone operator, said.
McClain, who is exploring the commercial use of drones, said incidents like this close call give a bad image of the booming drone-using community.
"You hear a lot of sightings, a lot of reports but you don't really hear about operators getting caught," McClain said.
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The FAA is investigating the incident at the airport.
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