BOSTON — Officials say an airplane landed safely at Logan International Airport after a drone was spotted near its flight path.
The Boston Globe reports the Federal Aviation Administration says a JetBlue crew reported seeing an unmanned aircraft as it approached to land at Logan Airport around 12:15 p.m. Friday.
The flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport landed safely.
State police were notified and an investigation was opened.
It was the second time in a week a crew spotted a drone near Logan Airport.
An Air Canada Express flight crew reported seeing a drone as its aircraft was landing at Logan Airport on Christmas Day.
That flight also landed safely.
A center at Bard College recently counted at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft.
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