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posted by martyb on Thursday January 24 2019, @03:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the somebody's-gonna-get-killed dept.

Fox News reports a claim that Drone at Newark Airport Came Within 30 Feet of Aircraft:

Arriving flights were halted at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Tuesday when a drone was spotted near a neighboring airport, officials said. And one pilot claims that the drone came as close as 30 feet to his aircraft, according to a new report.

Two airplanes headed to Newark reported seeing a drone around 5 p.m. over Teterboro Airport, a smaller airport located roughly 18 miles northeast of Newark.

The FoxNews report quotes this story at ABC news:

Officials have now resumed operations after a ground stop had been ordered at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey due to drone activity, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Officials received two reports of a drone seen about 3,500 feet above Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, New Jersey, FAA spokesman Greg Martin told ABC News.

[...] "Missed the drone by about 30 feet off our right wing," one pilot said.


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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 24 2019, @05:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 24 2019, @05:13PM (#791302)

    Of overreach by violently imposed monopolies.

    If I want to fly my drone somewhere it might have impact on others, I should enter into voluntary contracts with those folks.

    "Restricted" airspace? Just another power grab by the evil ones.

    We need a society based on voluntary contracts. I can enter into voluntary contracts with the owner of the road adjacent to my driveway, the surface streets along the path to the highway, the highway owners, the surface streets between the highway and my place of work, just like I enter into voluntary contracts with those for whom I perform services.

    This whole, "you can't shit in the street and pour battery acid in streams" type bullshit is authoritarian and needs to DIAF.

    Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!

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