Incident: Delta MD88 at New York on Jul 31st 2015, near collision with drone

By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Aug 1st 2015 20:00Z, last updated Saturday, Aug 1st 2015 20:00Z
A Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88, registration N907DL performing flight DL-407 from Orlando,FL to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 154 passengers and 5 crew, was on a VOR approach to runway 13L when the crew reported they had an encounter with a drone just to the southwest of "that abandoned airfield" (referring to Barren Island), the drone was flying about 100 feet below them at their right wing. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 13L about 2-3 minutes later.

The FAA reported the aircraft was descending through about 1700 feet MSL when the aircraft encountered a drone. The crew did not take any evasive action.

Delta (DL) #407 ? 31-Jul-2015 ? KMCO - KJFK ? FlightAware