A JetBlue pilot reported hitting a drone as the flight made its approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport Monday, aviation officials say, marking the tri-state’s second drone-plane incident in four days.
The pilot reported the incident at an altitude of about 3,000 feet while on the flight was on its final approach to the Queens hub around 7:15 a.m.
JetBlue said in a statement that the flight, which had departed from Las Vegas, landed without incident. Customers deplaned normally, and post-flight inspection revealed no damage or evidence of a collision.
The airline asserted safety as its top priority, and pledged to cooperate in any related investigations.
That hasn’t been the only drone-related incident at a local airport in the last few days.
A recording from ATC.com captured a scare for a Newark-bound United flight on Friday afternoon.
Moments after that flight saw the drone, a second plane confirmed its own sighting a mile “to the right of us.”
The FAA is investigating both cases. The agency gets more than 100 drone-sighting reports near airports each month. It says flying a drone so close to aircraft is not only dangerous, but illegal.
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