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									JetBlue Pilot Reports Colliding With Drone On JFK Approach: &quot;It Hit Us Right Above The Cockpit&quot; - JetBlue				            </title>
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                        <title>JetBlue Pilot Reports Colliding With Drone On JFK Approach: &quot;It Hit Us Right Above The Cockpit&quot;</title>
                        <link>https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/jetblue-pilot-reports-colliding-with-drone-on-jfk-approach-it-hit-us-right-above-the-cockpit/#post-693615</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Drones are posing an increasing risk to our aviation ecosystem, given the unauthorized ways these are sometimes used in restricted airspace. Along those lines, a JetBlue pilot reported colli...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Drones are posing an increasing risk to our aviation ecosystem, given the unauthorized ways these are sometimes used in restricted airspace. Along those lines, a JetBlue pilot reported colliding with a drone while on approach to JFK, which is the first known instance of this happening in the United States…</p>

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						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>Ben Schlappig</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Certainly wasn’t Ukrainian, you tool.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Certainly wasn’t Ukrainian, you tool.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>1990</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[That is not civilian use in the classic sense. Licensed purpose driven drone usage should be allowed for the reasons you outline. I&#039;m talking about Frank, the drone hobbyist down the street....]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[That is not civilian use in the classic sense. Licensed purpose driven drone usage should be allowed for the reasons you outline. I'm talking about Frank, the drone hobbyist down the street. Or, more importantly, the terrorist cells who can make them cheaply now in their garage.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>Antwerp</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Drones are very useful for mapping, search &amp; rescue and agriculture. Banning them unilaterally because some clown flies it near an airport is silly.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Drones are very useful for mapping, search &amp; rescue and agriculture. Banning them unilaterally because some clown flies it near an airport is silly.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>UncleRonnie</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Are we sure this wasn&#039;t a wayward Ukraine or Russian drone caught in the jet steam!!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Are we sure this wasn't a wayward Ukraine or Russian drone caught in the jet steam!!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>Exit Row Seat</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Most drones are plastic. There&#039; is some metal in the battery and motor but the rest is plastic, which makes the radar reflection basically 0.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Most drones are plastic. There' is some metal in the battery and motor but the rest is plastic, which makes the radar reflection basically 0.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>Frank B</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Has anyone confirmed this was indeed a drone? Strange for a hard, metal, sharp object like a drone to impact an airliner flying between 150-200mph and NOT leave any impact?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Has anyone confirmed this was indeed a drone? Strange for a hard, metal, sharp object like a drone to impact an airliner flying between 150-200mph and NOT leave any impact?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I agree. But I don&#039;t see drone operators having much of a lobby or powerful money groups to influence Washington politicians. Nor do I see drones as being a &quot;cultural possession&quot; that relate...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I agree. But I don't see drone operators having much of a lobby or powerful money groups to influence Washington politicians. Nor do I see drones as being a "cultural possession" that relates to gun lovers screams of freedom that extend back 250 years.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>Antwerp</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Many of the manufactured Chinese drones already have this built in. But not to the parameters you talk about which I agree would be far safer. However, that does not take into account the pl...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Many of the manufactured Chinese drones already have this built in. But not to the parameters you talk about which I agree would be far safer. However, that does not take into account the plethora of homemade drones that are now flying around and will become significant in numbers over the next few years. Easy build at home drones are a terrorist's wet dream.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>Antwerp</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Sweeping them perhaps during rush hours?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sweeping them perhaps during rush hours?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://onemileatatime.com/community/jetblue/">JetBlue</category>                        <dc:creator>AeroB13a</dc:creator>
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