To be honest, the article is thin on details and full of speculations. The pilot thinks he struck something resembling a drone but I doubt he would be able to t

To be honest, the article is thin on details and full of speculations. The pilot thinks he struck something resembling a drone but I doubt he would be able to tell the nature of the object from a moving plane. The reason I greatly doubt it is a drone is that the number of drones is relatively low while the number of birds is high. There are economic and legal incentives for _not_ flying close to airports so I think the number of possible accidents is massively overblown. In light of these facts, I await more proof of the fact it was a drone, because now, I see none. I don't believe that the British Airways have fabricated this report, it's just that they don't seem to be sure of if being a drone themselves.