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>> yeah, about a mile back there was a drone flying just on the southwest side of this abandoned airport here. >> what altitude did you say that was? >> i would say probably about 100 feet below us, just off right wing. >> reporter: dale ta flight prepares to land 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? >> no, i was not close enough to be able to tell. >> then, jfk tower warned other pilots of the possible danger flying around t...

Commercial airline in the skies above new york city. around the 2:30 friday afternoon, jetblue flight 1834 reports seeing an unmanned aircraft on approach to jfk. less than three hours later, a second encounter with a drone. this time by a separate 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 100 feet below. the pilot immediately contacts air traffic control. >> did you by any chance get the color or type? >> no, it was not close enough to be able to tell. >> then jfk tower warned...

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...

Happens a lot more frequently than we would care to believe. the latest incident happening at jfk during the plane's most critical phase of landing. >> yeah, about a mile back there was a drone flying just on the southwest side of this abandoned airport here. >> what altitude would you say that was? >> i would say probably about 100 feet below us, jut the off to the right wing. >> jfk airport plane was planning to land with 149 people on board when the pilot spots a drone on southwest side of the plane just p 100-feet below. >> did you get the color or type? >> jfk tower warned other pilots of...

Because it is a matter of public perception. the image it creates particularly at a tower like the jfk tower. i could understand the outrage. however, from a perspective of the person who deals in the air traffic control system all the time and from my experiences in the faa, this safety factor in this particular instance is completely blown out of proportion. these kids are not taking over. it was a repeat of a clearance to take off and flight such and such contact departure under very, very close supervision. >> right. >> it's the voice of the controller just through somebody else in this pa...