Drone came within a metre of smashing into a passenger plane at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport
Ministers are now working to crackdown on drones in British airspace and will publish new guidelines for owners
A DRONE missed a passenger jet by just one metre as it came into land at Liverpool's John Lennon Airport.
Ministers are now working to crackdown on drones in British airspace and will publish new guidelines for owners.
Rules will include compulsory registration for owners and beacons embedded in the devices to make them more visible to air traffic controllers.
It comes after a drone was just one metre away from colliding with a passenger plane coming in to land at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
It is believed to be the closest near-miss of its kind on record, according to .
The drone wing-tip of an Airbus A319 at 2,500ft on April - potentially causing a catastrophic collision.