Air Canada jet has close encounter with drone near Saskatoon
Flying craft got within about 30 metres of passenger plane
There was a bit of a scare at Saskatoon's airport on Thursday when something eithera drone or radio-controlled toy flew too close for comfort to an Air Canada passenger plane.
It happened just before noon CST as the Embraer190, flying in from Toronto, was coming in for a landing at Diefenbaker Airport.
A member of the crew spotted the small, remotely piloted aircraft, which got within about 30metres of the plane.
There was no damage and no-one was hurt.
The sighting was reported to the authorities, a Transport Canada report said.
It's one of several instances of drones and planes experiencing problems near Saskatchewan airports.