The drone that struck the passenger plane last week was following the 3.5-mile restriction, but was flying much higher than legally allowed, hovering some 450 meters (1,500 feet) above the ground.

The most obvious way that a drone can take down a plane is if it gets ingested in its engine. Even though the most powerful jet engines output hundreds of thousands of pounds of thrust, these are ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- That was close. A passenger plane en route to LaGuardia Airport Friday came very close to a drone, according to the FAA. The flight crew of Shuttle America Flight 2708 ...

Last month, an unpiloted X-61 Gremlin drone was successfully retrieved by a specially modified-Lockheed C-130 cargo plane while both were still flying. The achievement, which you can see a video ...

A drone flew within 25 feet of a jetliner that was moments away from landing at Kennedy Airport — posing a potentially “catastrophic” threat to the plane and its passengers, sources told The ...

Newsweek spoke to a drone specialist about how an ordinary person could spot the difference between a drone and a plane. An aircraft in the night sky over Cali, Colombia on September 26, 2015.

A shocking viral video showing a drone coming close to a plane landing near McCarran is now being investigated by the FAA. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.