Passenger plane collided with a drone while landing at New York airport

A passenger plane collided with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) while landing at the international airport. John F. Kennedy in New York. This was reported on June 29 by Sky News TV channel with reference to the US Federal Aviation Administration.

"The aircraft, an Airbus A321 capable of carrying up to 220 passengers, landed safely without additional assistance. The ship took off from Las Vegas," the article says.

A professional application recorded that the pilot at the time of the incident exclaimed that the drone had passed "directly over the cockpit" of the aircraft. At the same time, the passengers were in a satisfactory condition when leaving the aircraft. As a result of the incident, recorded at an altitude of just over 900 m at 07:15 a.m. (14:15 Moscow time), no one was injured.

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NBC 6 reported on June 13 that four people were injured in a helicopter crash in Florida's Pembroke Pines. It was noted that the injured were able to get out of the fallen aircraft on their own. Their condition is stable, and their lives are not in danger.