A United Airlines jet reportedly nearly smashed into a drone as it was landing on the Newark runway Friday.
“We almost hit a drone,” the pilot can be heard saying in air traffic control audio verified by CNN.
The circular and three-foot-wide device was only “about 100 feet below us.”
Another pilot flying into Newark on a separate plane also reported seeing the drone at roughly 2,000 feet, additional audio shows.
The United Airlines Boeing 737 was carrying 106 passengers and 5 crew members from Key West, Florida.
It safely landed despite the near-miss, touching down at Newark Liberty International Airport at around 5:30 p.m.
