“Whatever you think tinfoil boy...”
Hey! I proudly RESEMBLE that remark!
But so does the FBI:
Drone sighting over NYC has FBI on alert; craft came within 200 feet of Alitalia jet
http://pix11.com/2013/03/05/drone-sighting-near-jfk-has-fbi-on-alert/#axzz2N13RZpsR
The FBI has launched an investigation. The Joint Terror Task Force is also investigating.
PIX11 spoke with Martin Feely, supervisory special agent for the FBI, who said the bureau is taking this incident very seriously. Nothing has been ruled out.
Martin Feely, a supervisory special agent, said this incident was very unusual and they didn’t have any explanation for it.
“We’re concerned that in the future the public could be at risk for these kinds of incidents so we’re asking for the public’s assistance,” said Feely. “We know its the kind of thing that could be a threat to an aircraft in the future.”
Aviation expert Dan Rose said this could have had catastrophic consequences.
“Any time you have an object in the air that close to where planes are taking off, it’s an extreme danger..potentially having a mid-air collision,” said Rose.
FBI Investigating Report Of Possible Drone Spotted Near JFK
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03/05/fbi-investigating-report-of-possible-drone-spotted-near-jfk/
Sean Hennessey is the CBS2 News reporter who covered the JFK story.
Al Yurman, former NTSB investigator:
“You take an object that weighs 20-25 pounds and it can do a lot of damage to a plane trying to land.
“If the object gets in the wrong place, like the engine or it happens to hit the windshield, depending on the weight, it could cause the plane to make an emergency landing.”
“Look no further than the 2009 ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ when a flock of geese got into the engines crippling an Airbus A320 forcing the pilot to make an amazing landing in the Hudson River.
“Something that small probably won’t show up.” (on the airport radar)
Lloyd Bennett Field (model aircraft field near JFK)
You might want to read post 49 for content this time.