airliner. delta flight 407 prepares to land at jfk airport, with 154 people onboard. when the pilot spots a drone on the southwest side of the plane, just about a hundred feet below. the pilot immediately contacts air traffic control. did you by any chance get the color or type? no i was not close enough to be able to tell. then jfk tower warned other pilots of the possible danger flying around them. jetblue, use caution, the one ahead of you reported a drone at the floyd bennett field over there. so you might see that. yeah we re probably considerably higher than he was, but we re watching out for it. reporter: bill werner of aviation.com says he said without a doubt this was a close call. 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 parts
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
bottom of this. the plane that delta flight didn t make any maneuvers. it was the most critical part of the landing, but it didn t change its dissent at all, so it seems as though those folks that were on the plane had no idea just how close this drone came from getting in contact with a delta flight and the jetblue flight. and that national park right there, right? yeah there is a recreational facility in that area. it used to be some sort of base and they ve turned it into a recreational park. there is a group that flies these drones in the area. they have the permit to do so. we re looking into whether or not they had anything to do with this incident. but faa investigators and local officials want to know who was behind it certainly. i m sure. nick valencia. appreciate it. thank you. you bet. a piece of what is believed to be a boeing 777 and suspected belonging to missing malaysia flight 370 arrived a short time ago under guard at a french defense ministry lab. if the
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
drones in the skies may be troubling in light of a close encounter yesterday at one of the very worst times, tom costello reports on the drone s frightening flight into a danger zone. reporter: it s happened again in the nation s busiest air space, this time new york s jfk airport. delta flight 407 arriving from orlando was preparing to land when it suddenly had a very close quaul an unmanned drone just 1700 feet in the air. about a mile back there was a drone flying on the southwest side of the airport here. what altitude would you say that was? i would say about 100 feet below us just off the right wing. 100 feet below an aircraft is considered a very close call. normal separation between an aircraft should be at least 1,000 feet. the tower quickly notified other pilots. the one ahead of you reported