I-Team: Major Spike in Illegal Drones Over New York, Pilot Recounts Close Encounters

By Chris Glorioso, Erica Jorgensen and Evan Stulberger

As drones fly off store shelves, commercial aircraft pilots are seeing more of them bobbing and weaving in the forbidden airspace over New York.

Pilots over New York City reported seeing 192 illegal drones in the first three quarters of last year. That’s a 68 percent increase over the same time period in 2016.

“I just don’t want to see the skies littered with drones,” said Anthony Ianni, a helicopter pilot who flies charter and sightseeing tours for Wings Air, a charter and sightseeing company out of White Plains. 

 

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Source: NBC News 4 New York