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Lots of questions here. let's get to pete munteen tracking this for us. what happened? >> reporter: the good news is the disaster was avoided, but really only with second to spare. kind of insult to injury here, kate. the quick action of the air traffic controller and the jfk tower stopped this from happening. also the quick reaction by a delta crew on board a 737. that is the animation from flight radar 24. it's a little bit sped up and not to scale, but it gives a good idea of what happened here. the delta flight was cleared to take off on runway four left when the air traffic controller in ...

This time by a separate airliner delta flight 407 prepares to land at jfk airport, 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 by any chance get the color or type? >> no it is not close enough to be able to tell. >> reporter: then jfk tower warned other pilots of the possible danger flying around them. >> jetblue, use caution on arrival, the one that's ahead of you reported a drone. >> we're watching out for it. >> reporter: phil dernerh weighed in saying wit...

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 t...

>> 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 thi...