A JetBlue Airlines pilot reported smashing into a drone at 3,000 feet before landing at John F. Kennedy Airport Monday morning, according to the airline, aviation officials, and local reports.
The startling incident unfolded around 7:15 a.m. when the pilot reported a rogue drone struck above the jet’s cockpit while the plane was making its final approach — just days after a United Airlines jet narrowly avoided colliding with an unmanned aircraft while landing at Newark International Airport.
“We collided with a drone back there in the turn as we were coming to ASALT, just wanted to pass to you,” the JetBlue pilot told an air traffic controller in audio obtained by WABC. ASALT is a specific waypoint used by a landing aircraft.
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