Last Thursday, a Canadian passenger plane was struck by a drone mid-flight, becoming the first drone-plane collision reported in that country to date.

Traveling at an altitude of roughly 500 yards (450 meters) and approximately two miles (three kilometers) from the airport, the drone collided with the right wing of the domestic six-passenger, two-crew member Skyjet plane as it approached Jean-Lesage International Airport in Quebec City, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement.

“This is the first time a drone has hit a commercial aircraft in Canada and I am extremely relieved that the aircraft only sustained minor damage and was able to land safely," said the minister.

With regulations already in place governing the operation of drones (forbidding recreational drone flights above 90 meters and less than 5.5 kilometers from an airport and possible fines and jail time for such violations), the minister warns that even more stringent drone regulations are planned.

Among them are tests for operators and labeling all drones with their respective operators’ names and addresses. Likewise, there will be minimum age requirements to operate larger drones.