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To planes. >> about a mile back there was a drone flying just under southwest side of this abandoned airport here. >> reporter: on friday the crew of delta 407 with more than 150 on board told air traffic control it spotted a drone as it was over an old airfield where drones are not allowed. >> where did you say that was? >> i would say about 100 feet below the right wing. >> reporter: that same day, a jet blue flight was surprised by a drone passing just below its nose. >> it was one of those drones the color or direction, i'm not sure ma'am. >> reporter: today new york senator chuck schumer ...

Terrorist weapon. the warning about drones detailed in a department of homeland security bulletin to police comes on the heels of a series of close calls between unmanned aircraft and passenger planes. overnight, the pilot of a shuttle america flight reported spotting a drone near the plane's wing just as it was landing at new york's jfk. >> continue straight ahead on bravo and monitor ground to the left. >> bravo -- that drone is on the edge of the runway. >> reporter: sunday's incident was the third in three days over new york skies. drones coming dangerously close to planes. >> yeah, about ...

>> 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...

Drone flying just under the southwest side of this abandoned airport here. >> what altitude would you say that was? >> probably about 100 feet below us, just off our right wing. >> delta 407 prepares to land at jfk airport with 154 people on board. the jet, just 1700 feet above the ground when the pilot spots a drone on the southwest side of the plane just about 100 feet below. >> did you, by any chance, get the color or type? he warned other pilots of the possible danger flying around them. >> caution, the one ahead of you reported the drone at the floyd bennett field over there. you might se...