Drones are great tools for filmmakers and photographers, but they’re not toys to be played with around airports — those gadgets can actually bring airplanes full of passengers down.
That’s why on Tuesday, January 22, flights were temporarily grounded at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey following the sighting of two drones being flown over Teterboro Airport, a small private airport close by. A pilot told air traffic control that one of the drones came within 30 feet of his plane, sparking the 90-minute traffic halt for all outbound and inbound flights.
