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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone - oh hang on, it’s a flying fox

A pilot who thought his plane was hit by a drone while landing at Parafield Airport in South Australia has discovered it was actually a flying fox.

After sending off DNA samples from the damaged wing of his plane, it turns out the culprit was actually a grey-headed flying fox, similar to those that have plagued Botanic Park.

A pilot at Parafield Airport thought his plane had been hit by a drone. Source: 7 News
A pilot at Parafield Airport thought his plane had been hit by a drone. Source: 7 News
DNA testing turned up a quite different result - the plane was struck by a flying fox. Source: 7 News
DNA testing turned up a quite different result - the plane was struck by a flying fox. Source: 7 News

Plane hits what appears to be a drone at Parafield Airport

The Transport Safety Bureau says last year there were almost 2000 aircraft incidents involving wildlife.