Drone Sighting at NYC Area Airport
Drone Scare Shuts Down Newark Liberty International Airport Tuesday Evening Drone Scare Near New York City Shows Hazard Posed to Air Travel One small drone shut down Newark Liberty International Airport Tuesday evening this week. Arriving planes were diverted for an hour after the drone was spotted by 2 different arriving pilots. This is just one month after a drone sighting at Gatwick Airport in London. This latest encounter proves just how vulnerable the air-travel system is to the easily accessible, inexpensive drones. This should get some discussions going about preventing this from happening in the future. FAA laws need to be changed so that law enforcement has more jurisdiction in the air. In a statement, the Port Authority said “the presence of drone activity near major airports is a serious threat to public safety and can cause significant disruption to flight operations, impacting thousands of passengers.” There are FAA rules and regul...
