Large drone sighting near Dublin Bay reported amid air-traffic-control disruption
An Aer Lingus pilot again reported seeing a large drone near Dublin Bay at about 6,000 feet, while an air-traffic-control outage caused wider aviation disruption. The supplied reports do not establish that the two incidents were connected.
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Why it matters
A drone near controlled airspace combined with air-traffic disruption raises aviation safety and operational concerns.
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- Pilot reports seeing large drone off Irish coast during approach to Dublin Airport ↗thejournal.ie · Recorded source date: Sep 8, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC
- Aer Lingus pilot spots 'large drone' near UK coast during air traffic outage | World | News ↗express.co.uk · Article published: Sep 9, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC
- Aer Lingus pilot spots 'large black drone' near UK coast during air traffic control chaos ↗aol.co.uk · Article published: Sep 9, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC
- 'Large drone' spotted near UK coast as air traffic control outage sparks chaos ↗mirror.co.uk · Article published: Sep 9, 2026, 12:35 AM UTC
- 'Large drone' spotted near UK coast as air traffic control outage sparks chaos at major airports ↗aol.co.uk · Recorded source date: Sep 9, 2026, 1:01 AM UTC
- Large black drone 'spotted off Irish coast' as thousands of flights disrupted ↗irishmirror.ie · Recorded source date: Sep 9, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC
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