Transportation Safety Board can't ID object that nearly hit Ottawa-Toronto Porter flight

Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) said Tuesday that it can't identify themysterious flying object that nearly collided with a Porter flight descending into Bill Bishop Toronto CityAirport last week.

A TSB spokesperson said investigators, who initially believed the flying object may have been a drone,have done as much as they can to figure out what it was. It's unlikelythe object was an unmanned aerial vehicle, the TSB said, as it was flying higher and farther out from shore than most drones can go.

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Pilots thought the object flying at around 9,000 feet may have been a balloon, but didn't take any chances and took evasive action to dodge it.Two flight attendants suffered minor injuries as the Ottawa-Toronto flight zig-zaggedover Lake Ontario near Pickering.

None of the passengers on board were injured.

The TSB spokesperson said the incident will be added to a database, but noformal report will be filed about the incident.