Drone Comes Within 200 Feet of Airliner Over New York

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 5, 2013 @07:11PM from the now-the-tsa-wants-to-take-your-rc-helicopter dept.

New submitter FoolishBluntman sends this quote from CNN: "An unmanned drone came within 200 feet of a commercial jet over New York, triggering an FBI appeal to the public for any information about the unusual and potentially dangerous incident. The crew of Alitalia Flight 608 approaching John F. Kennedy airport on Monday reported the sighting. 'We saw a drone, a drone aircraft,' the pilot can be heard telling air traffic controllers on radio calls captured by the website LiveATC.net. ... The unmanned aircraft, described by the FBI as black and no more than three feet wide with four propellers, came within 200 feet of the Boeing jetliner. The FBI said it was looking to identify and locate the aircraft and its operator. A source with knowledge of the incident says investigators interviewed the pilot and others on the Alitalia plane."

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Re:It's a drone dammit by girlintraining · 2013-03-05 20:14 · Score: 5, Funny

R/C model planes are much harder to legislate against. So it's drone, dammit!
As long as it didn't have more than 3.4 ounces of liquid, or nail clippers mounted to it, I don't see the problem.

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That was my pet ROFLcopter, sorry by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-05 20:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Mah bad. I built it with an Arduino and some motors from Radio Shack and I had no idea it could fly so high. What a rush!
Now that I know it works, I'll be continuing with my plan to airdrop 32 oz. beverage containers over the city... muhahahaha!
Re:It's a drone dammit by Culture20 · 2013-03-06 00:43 · Score: 5, Funny

It was a scary color and had a bayonet mount.