we boarded moments ago, ashleigh, and we are about to take off. the pope is already on the plane, and we are ready to go, and discussing what is going to happen during the and you can hear the journalists screaming, because we are trying to figure out what will happen once we get in the air, and the aircraft is moving as we speak, and pope fran circumstances ashleigh, is on the way to washington, d.c., and to make the francis, ashleigh, to make the anticipated speech to congress and the u.n. and we are all wondering what he is going to say. i am watching the pictures not only of the flags out of the cob pith cockpit window as the flight is tax sig across the runway and the picture to the left can you see me wave? well, i am looking at a picture of you being bless ed personally by the pope on the
with 154 people on board. when the pilot spots a drone on the southwest side of the plane, just about 100 feet below. the pilot immediately contacts air traffic control. did you get the color or type? no i was not close enough to be able to tell. reporter: jfk tower warned other pilots of the possible danger flying around them. use caution, the one that s ahead of you reported a drone at the floyd bennett field over there, so you might see that occurring. we re probably higher than he was but we re watching it for it. reporter: aviation.com weighed in saying without a doubt this was a close call. he explains a drone flying within 100 feet of a plane can easily get sucked into an engine or worse. these drone are made with aircraft aluminum similar parts to the aircraft it s about to strike. going into an engine can destroy an engine. going into the cockpit window can injure a pilot or kill a
going into an engine can destroy an engine going into a cockpit window can injure a pilot or kill a pilot. reporter: scares like the ones at jfk happen more often than you think. at least two drone incidents each day, that s more than 60 close calls each month. in the case of delta 407 and jetblue 1834, both the planes landed safely. the faa tells cnn it is investigating both incidents. nick valencia cnn, atlanta. now to the u.s. territory of puerto rico. it defaulted on its debt on sunday after missing a sizable payment. the $58 million payment is just part of the u.s. territory s $70 billion debt. it will be the island s first default. that amount is just a small fraction of the outstanding debt. the governor there says the economy is in a death spiral. it comes after years of massive government spending after huge energy costs and mounting
air traffic control. did you by any chance get the color or type? no, it s not close enough. then they warned other pilots of the possible danger flying around them. use caution because the one ahead of you reported the drone. yeah, we re probably higher than he was, but we re watching out for it. bill of aviation.com and he said without a doubt this was a close call. he explain that a drone flying can get sucked into an engine or worse. they re made with similar part toss the aircraft that it s about to strike. going into an engine could destroy it and the cockpit window could juinjury a pilot o kill a pilot. the faa report two drone incidence each day and that s 60
then, jfk tower warned other pilots of the possible danger flying around them. jetblue 943, use caution on arrival. the one ahead of you reported a drone at floyd bennett field. yeah, we re watching out for it. durner of nyc.com weighed in. he said a drone flying within 100 feet of a plane can easily get sucked into an engine or worse. these drones are made with aircraft aluminum, similar to the aircraft it is about to strike. going into an engine can destroy an engine or going into the cockpit window can injure or kill a pilot. scares like this happen more often than you think. the faa reports 25 drone incidents each month. in the case of delta flight 407, the plane landed safely. they are now investigating the incident.