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 drones are made with aircraft aruleluminumaluminum similar parts with the aircraft they re about to strike. going into an engine can destroy an engine. going into the cockpit window can injure a pilot or even kill a pilot. scarce like the one at jfk happen more often than you think. the faa reports at least two drone incidents each day. that s an average of 60 close calls each month. in the cases of delta flight 407 and jetblue flight 1834 both the planes landed safely. the faa tells cnn, it s investigating both incidents. it s unclear if the same drone was involved in both incidents. the faa tells cnn that they are looking for whoever operated one or both of the drones. poppy? nick thank you very much for that. back with me aviation attorney daniel rose also a pilot himself. and you have some unique
it goes into an engine. it could take out an engine. if it goes into a cockpit window it would injure or kill a pilot. it s happening more and more. is there any way to detect them? i don t want to be on an airplane and how can you tell if a drone is close by? a lot of it is eyesight. pilots are aware of what s going on when you re going toward critical phases of takeoff or landing they re looking out the windows while monitoring the systems. they re keeping a close eye out there. it s difficult. a lot of these are the size of this table, maybe smaller, some are larger. it s a challenge out there for them. this bulletin alarming because it s saying obviously terrorists are watching what s happening. and if hobbyists can do it, terrorists could easily get their hands on a drone and the way you re describing this unless the pilot can see it with eyesight it could potentially bring down a flight. there is a danger. i m much more concerned about people that are being careless wit
with 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 even kill a pilot. reporter: scares like the one at jfk happen more often than you think. the faa reports at least two drone incidents each day. that s an average of 60 close calls each month. in the cases of delta flight 407 and jetblue flight 1834 both the planes landed safely. the faa tells cnn it s investigating both incidents. it s unclear if the same drone was involved in both incidents. the faa tells cnn that they are looking for whoever operated one or both of the drones. poppy? nick thank you very much for that. let s talk more about this with someone who flies commercial planes for a living. cnn aviation analyst, les onland is with me. granted these are small and probably recreational not someone with nefarious intentions we don t know but what can a drone of this size do
did you get the color or type? no i was not close enough to be able to tell. then they warned of the danger of others flying around them. a report of a drone. you might see that. we re probably considerably higher than he was, but we re watching out for it. derner said without a doubt, this was a close call. he explains a drone flying within 100 feet of the plane can easily get sucked into an engine or worse. these drones are made with aircraft aluminum similar to the aircraft that it s about to strike. going into an engine can destroy an engine. going into the cockpit window can injure a pilot or even kill a pilot. scares like the one at jfk happen more often than you think. the faa reports at least two drone incidents each day. that s an average of 60 close calls each month. in the cases of delta flight 407
he explains 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. they report 25 drone incidents each month. in the case of delta flight 407, the plane landed safely. they are now investigating the incident. a drone is not supposed to fly above 400 feet or get within five miles of a commercial airport. they are looking for whoever operated this drone. they could face federal charges. christie? let s bring in mary schiavo now. she is a cnn aviation analyst and former inspector general. good to have you back.