Air Canada jet has close encounter with drone near Saskatoon

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.

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