JetBlue flight hit drone while approaching JFK airport, FAA says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jetblue-flight-hit-drone-while-approaching-jfk-airport-faa-says-2026-06-29/

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Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 45 pts · 50d (1 reply)

50/50 that this was an ICE or BP drone

PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 50d

100% they will use the incident to further restrict/punish private drone users.

noredcandy@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 49d (8 replies)

Article says strike was at 3000 ft,that doesn’t seem consumer drone altitude to me and jfk is pretty far away from the World Cup that it would be something for broadcast.

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 49d

But still no damage or evidence of a strike.

I have so many questions

iocase@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 49d (4 replies)

My parents neighbor (irresponsibly) flew their mavic 2km up above their naighborhood

8uurg@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 49d (3 replies)

Unlikely, since DJI Mavic drones have a 500m (or 1640ft) maximum altitude limit in software, and usually lower due to legal limits. [source]

That is, unless the neighbor modded the software to go above the legal limits set.

FatVegan@leminal.space · 7 pts · 49d

The dji software is really easy to work around.

iocase@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 49d

Yeah seeing as I'm not my parents neighbor, and I've also seen the video where he was above the cloud layer that day, you would need to ask him how he did it.

CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 49d

You can change that maximum altitude ptetty easy in the DJI Fly app, or you can get another app to control the drone.

anarchy79@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 49d

Abductor class.

Hans.... Are we the aliens?

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 49d

Eh, I got to 1200 feet (I don’t think meters) before realizing a plane was coming on a phantom 3. I’m sure it could have done more. I could see something newer than 10 years old doing even more.