Helicopter reports drone encounter near JFK hours after JetBlue's possible drone strike

A chopper reported a imaginable drone brushwood adjacent John F. Kennedy International Airport Monday afternoon, marking the 2nd specified incidental astatine the airdrome successful a azygous day. 

"A chopper aviator flying adjacent John F. Kennedy International Airport reported a remote-control airplane flew adjacent to their aircraft," the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. 

The sighting came conscionable hours aft a abstracted incidental successful which a JetBlue aviator reported a imaginable drone onslaught portion the level was approaching JFK for landing. 

JFK aerial postulation power issued a informing to adjacent pilots of an unauthorized unmanned craft strategy (UAS) operating successful protected airspace, according to ATIS.guru, which collects unrecorded integer messages from airports astir the world. 

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Aircrafts run astatine Terminal 5 astatine John F. Kennedy International Airport successful New York City connected Oct. 22, 2008. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

According to the warning, a "red and white" remote-controlled airplane was spotted flying astatine astir 4:05 p.m. section time.

It was observed astatine an altitude of 500 feet, placing it wrong the emblematic formation way of low-flying commercialized craft approaching the airport, according to the ATIS warning.

The sighting was besides reported astir 1 mile from the Canarsie (CRI) navigation beacon, a cardinal waypoint utilized by craft lining up to onshore astatine JFK.

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A drone flies supra crushed portion carrying a package. (iStock)

It is unclear whether the 2 cases are related.

The FAA notified section authorities astir the report.

Flying a remote-controlled craft oregon drone adjacent a large airdrome is amerciable and poses a superior information hazard to craft operating successful the area, according to the agency. 

Earlier Monday morning, a JetBlue formation struck a drone astatine astir 3,000 feet astir 10 miles from JFK, the FAA said. 

An chopper and drone alert past each different connected May 30, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)

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Air postulation audio recordings bespeak the brushwood occurred supra the cockpit.

The formation landed without incident, and a post-flight inspection did not uncover immoderate harm to the aircraft, JetBlue said.