this and why? the latest one, as you said, was last night. it was the crew of shuttle america flight 5911 from richmond, virginia. they reported an unmanned aircraft off the left side of its embracing e-145 aircraft as it was landing at jfk. now, on friday two flights once again landing at jfk spotted drones close to their aircraft. the first one, according to the faa, jetblue flight 1843 noted a drone at 2:24 p.m. when approaching the airport. the cockpit audio recording obtained by cnn says the drone passed just below the plane s nose when the jetliner was flying 800 to 900 feet. the next one on friday, 5:00 p.m., delta flight 407 was once again preparing to land at jfk when the cockpit reported seeing a drone under its right wing. now, we were just able to obtain the cockpit audio from last night, the third drone sighting. let s listen.
anxiety or depression. i can think of anxiety for a lot more things than carrots and peas. uma: another pilot reporting a drone sighting while landing at new york s jfk airport. this is the third sighting in the past few days near the busy airport. rick leaven this standing by there. reporter: a source with the port authority police say these drones have become a nuisance and serious safety and security risk. the most recent incident was sunday at 6:00 p.m. a pilot on shuttle america from rich monld top jfk reported a drone on the left side of the aircraft. friday there were two incidents
flight. express jet flight. shuttle america as well as spirit. of course as you mentioned off the top this comes after last week when we were talking about 35 aircraft hit with lasers all in one night last wednesday. we have seen the number of these so-called laser strikes really spike up. when you look at the faa records you see that in 2014 there were nearly 4,000 of them and at the pace we re going at this year we are set to essentially top last year s numbers. it can temporarily blind these pilots. even landed some of them in the hospital. not the situation you want to have when you want your pilot to be focused on landing the plain and on the controls carol. renee marsh live from washington this morning. thank you. he was one of the few terrorists in the world that
to the faa, four commercial airliners american express jet, shuttle america, as well as spirit. but now the port authority is telling cnn they received reports of two more laser strikes, that would include a united airlines flight as well as a united express. so that s a total of six in the new york/new jersey area alone just last night. of course this comes on the heels of just last week we were talking about 35 aircrafts struck with these lasers. they are still looking for the person or persons behind those incidents. but what we have seen over the last decade is really a spike in the number of these laser strikes that pilots are dealing with. you look at that video there. that s what it looks like inside of a cockpit. imagine being thousands of feet up in the air and you re temporarily blinded by this light. i do know that based on my conversations with the faa, at the pace that we re going now, they tell me that 2015 is set to
aviation correspondent rene marsh in washington and we have patrick tucker, the technology editor for defense one. tell us more about these incidents. it s startling you re talking about several in one day, right? in the new york/new jersey last night between 9:30 and 12:10 a.m. is when the faa said four commercial aircraft were hit with these lasers an american airlines flight express jet as well as shuttle america and spirit. and then the port authority reported to us that two more were struck with lasers so that s a total of six within one night. so now they re trying to get to the bottom of who is behind it. that poses its difficulties. patrick, it s a federal crime to do this. if you re someone with a laser pointing it at an aircraft, there s supposed to be a law in effect president obama signed it into effect in 2012. is it working? not according to is what we ve seen recently. you re supposed to face a